Irish in Michigan

by Metress, Seamus P.

• ISBN13: 9780870137648
• ISBN10: 0870137646
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr

Summary

Irish immigration to the United States can be divided into fivegeneral periods, from 1640 to the present: the colonial, prestarvation,great starvation, post-starvation, and post-independenceperiods. The Irish first entered the Great Lakesby way of the Ohio River and Appalachianpasses, spreading north along the expandingfrontier. After the War of 1812, the Irishwere heavily represented in frontier militarygarrisons. Many Irish moved into the Detroitmetropolitan area as well as to farmingareas throughout Michigan. Irish nationalism in both Michigan andthe United States has been closely linkedwith the labor movement in which IrishAmericans were among the earliest organizersand leaders.

Author Biography

Seamus P. Metress is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toledo

Table of Contents

Irish Emigration to America	1	(12)
The Urban Irish in Detroit	13	(18)
The Irish Beyond Detroit	31	(22)
Beyond the Neighborhood Today	53	(24)
APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Resources for the Irish in Michigan	65	(4)
Appendix 2. Catholic Parishes in Michigan with an Irish or Heavily Irish Origin	69	(4)
Appendix 3. Irish Ethnic Specialties	73	(4)
Notes	77	(6)
For Further Reference	83	(6)
Index	89