History of the Irish in Saint Paul - Wikipedia
网页Irish in Saint Paul, Minnesota have played an integral part in the founding and the growth of the city. The first Irish to settle in Saint Paul were three demobilised soldiers from Fort Snelling who were natives of Ireland. They became the …
Saint Paul's Irish History - Visit Saint Paul | Visit Saint Paul
网页Despite being outnumbered by the German population, nine out of ten Saint Paul mayors were Irish between 1932 and 1972. Former mayors, Randy Kelly and Chris Coleman, are both Irish. The Irish Fair of Minnesota, the nation’s largest event of its kind, began in 1980 and moved to Saint Paul’s Harriet Island in 2001. It draws in upwards of ...
The Irish Standard - Minnesota Historical Society
网页The Irish Standard. On November 7, 1885, the first issue of the Northwestern Standard, an Irish-American newspaper was published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by printers William Kilday, Benjamin McNally, and William Malone.
Connemara Patch: The lost Irish enclave in St. Paul - MinnPost
网页2023年3月16日 · Between 1876 and 1881, Bishop John Ireland secured 369,000 acres of farmland along the expanding railroad in rural Minnesota. There, he resettled thousands of Catholic immigrants—most of them...
The unusual history of Irish immigrants to Minnesota
网页2010年8月13日 · While most Irish immigrants in the U.S. came to large cities, in Minnesota Archbishop John Ireland encouraged them to create rural settlements. Historian Annette Atkins discusses the unusual...
Remembering a lost Irish enclave in St. Paul - MinnPost
网页Between 1876 and 1881, Bishop John Ireland secured 369,000 acres of farmland along the expanding railroad in rural Minnesota. There, he resettled thousands of Catholic immigrants — most of them...
Irish immigration to Minnesota, and where their descendants live …
网页2016年3月17日 · Minnesota is rightly known for German and Scandinavian heritage. And when compared to immigrants from those countries, our Irish population was indeed small. So, where do people with Irish...
Irish in Minnesota – Minnesota Historical Society
网页A concise history of Irish in Minnesota including farming, politics, and community organization. In St. Paul, where they were outnumbered by Germans immigrants, they nonetheless left a lasting legacy, so that today most Minnesotans think of …
"St. Paul's Most Unique Settlement" - Saint Paul Historical
网页The history of this community can be traced to the arrival of a sizeable group of immigrants from the Connemara area of Ireland. They had been persuaded to come to Minnesota in the 1880’s by Archbishop John Ireland and were initially located on …
Irish in Minnesota - Ann Regan - Google Books
网页A concise history of Irish in Minnesota including farming, politics, and community organization. Irish immigrants to Minnesota performed two surprising feats. Contradicting the stereotype...