Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"Martin is especially critical of Irish immigrants and Catholics, convinced that they were being led by "rum sellers" and others to vote against their…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… of Maine communities by recruiting Scots-Irish, Huguenot, and German settlers when New Englanders did not find their terms inviting."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… 1729, as part of a scheme to settle a number of Irish families near the Kennebec River, the British briefly flirted with the idea of transforming…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The Polish, Lithuanian, and Irish folks in the Spruce Street/Knox Street Penobscot Street areas had the Pettengill School."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… with it a growing workforce of French Canadians, Irish, and other newly arriving ethnic groups. Labor intensive saw mills, woolen mills, and wood…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… property in 1716-7 around the falls, and Scots-Irish immigrants arrived in greater numbers throughout the 1740's."

McArthur Public Library

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Colby College Special Collections

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Rathbone, who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet John Banim about the legend of Damon and Pythias."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Irish-Americans, whose younger men tended to embrace the stereotype of public drinking, often seemingly to spite Yankees such as Dow, were now given…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The Bath Natural Market specializes in natural foods, wines and natural medicines. The Irish Pub is a restaurant."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… dance and music, religion, the Civil War era, Irish in Bangor, family life, medicine and illness, and, the inner workings of various types of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… Bayou Teche Campaign, also known as the Battle of Irish Bend which occurred on April 14, 1863 and the Siege of Port Hudson as well."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… and was given passage back to the States by the Irish government. Supposedly, when he finally got back to Blue Hill he walked into a funeral at the…"

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…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… III, 1920 Captain McLellan, a son of a Scotch-Irish immigrant, was a leader during the Revolutionary War and an important mariner."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Society Pamphlet 5711 Together with the Irish, Native Americans were perceived to be problem drinkers."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… South, a blend of English folk songs, Scots-Irish fiddle and dance music, sacred music, and banjo and blues from formerly enslaved Africans."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… by many different people of Chinese, Greek, Irish, and Italian descent. They were all immigrant families."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Part of her background is Irish, so she wanted to write about a girl who is quiet about how she got to lead to the orphan train."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… at Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam, Port Hudson, Irish Bend, Fredericksburg, and Cold Harbor among others."

Acadian Archives

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