Once seen as threats to mainstream society, Irish Americans have become an integral part of the American story. More than 40 million Americans claim Irish desce

The origins and evolution of Irish American identity, from colonial times through the twentieth century As millions of Irish immigrants and their descendants cr

Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America's most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history. In THE IRISH AMERICANS, he caps his decades of

The American Irish: A History, is the first concise, general history of its subject in a generation. It provides a long-overdue synthesis of Irish-American hist

Explores the history of the Irish in America, offering an overview of Irish history, immigration to the United States, and the transition of the Irish from the