Maine Memory Network

Irish relief event ticket, Portland, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Irish Heritage Center Date: 1869-03-29 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

D. A. Donovan, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Irish Heritage Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

13 Concord Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fred Irish Use: Bungalow

Assessor's Record, 13 Concord Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fred Irish Use: Garage

Irish Immigrants in Nineteenth Century Maine

With the popularity of all things Irish in modern America, many people have forgotten the difficulties faced by nineteenth century Irish immigrants.

The Irish on the Docks of Portland

Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… circumstances, as the daughter of a middle class Irish Catholic family. (In British-ruled Ireland at the time, Protestants dominated the upper…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker

Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s