Maine Memory Network

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…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… (Portland waterfront) saloon, clearly depicts Irish-Americans in a cartoon style with the hat and pipe still used to symbolize the Irish."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"Many Irish-American families such as the Feeney clan were proud of their connection with the saloon."

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…"

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

"Much of his time was spent engaged in the West Indies trade. His brother Joseph was part owner of a Portland distillery."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

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

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 129-142

"Grant song Gilman Townsend 1872 election results Death of Horace Greeley Irish National Movement Hannibal Hamlin"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and southern Europeans."

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."

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 - Narrative

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