History of the Irish in Baltimore

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The history of the Irish in Baltimore dates back to the early and mid-19th century. The city's Irish-American community is centered in the neighborhoods of Hampden, Canton, Highlandtown, Fell's Point and Locust Point.

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St. Vincent de Paul Church in Jonestown, September 2014. St Vince DePaul Baltimore.JPG
St. Vincent de Paul Church in Jonestown, September 2014.
Work advertisement in the Baltimore Sun, April 21, 1857: "No Irish need apply." "No Irish Need Apply" Baltimore Sun.png
Work advertisement in the Baltimore Sun , April 21, 1857: "No Irish need apply."

In 1880, the Irish made up a large portion of the foreign-born population of Baltimore at 24.6% of all foreign born residents. 16.9% (56,354) of Baltimore was foreign born, 13,863 of them Irish. [1]

In 1920, 10,240 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke an English or Celtic language. [2]

In 1940, 2,159 immigrants from Ireland lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 3.5% of the city's foreign-born white population. [3] In total, 4,077 people of Irish birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 4.6% of the foreign-stock white population. [4]

In the 1940 United States Census, Irish-Americans comprised 22% of the foreign-born population in Highlandtown. In Hamden, Baltimore's tract 13–5, 7% of foreign-born residents were Irish-American. [5]

The Irish-American community in the Baltimore metropolitan area numbered 341,683 as of 2000, making up 13.4% of the area's population. This made them the second largest European ethnic group in the Baltimore area after the Germans. In the same year, 32,755 people in the Baltimore metropolitan area were of Scottish-Irish descent, comprising 1.3% of the metropolitan area's population. [6] In the same year Baltimore city's Irish-American population was 39,045, 6% of the city's population. In the same year, 3,274 people in Baltimore were of Scottish-Irish descent, comprising 0.5% of the city's population. [7]

In 2011, immigrants from Ireland were the sixty-sixth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore. [8]

In 2013, an estimated 37,359 Irish-Americans resided in Baltimore city, 6% of the population. [9]

History

Quigley's Half-Irish Pub located in Ridgely's Delight, March 2009. Quigley's Half-Irish Pub in Baltimore, Maryland.jpg
Quigley's Half-Irish Pub located in Ridgely's Delight, March 2009.
The James Joyce Pub in Harbor East, April 2015. James Joyce Pub.jpg
The James Joyce Pub in Harbor East, April 2015.

Baltimore became a leading destination for Irish immigrants to the United States in the mid-1800s during the Great Famine, with around 70,000 Irish people settling in the city during the 1850s and 1860s. [10]

Notable Irish-Americans from Baltimore

Martin O'Malley, a politician who was the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. Prior to being elected as governor, he served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007 and was a Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999. Martin O'Malley, photo portrait, visiting Maryland National Guard, June 8, 2008.jpg
Martin O'Malley, a politician who was the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. Prior to being elected as governor, he served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007 and was a Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999.
Herbert O'Conor, the 51st Governor of Maryland, serving from 1939 to 1947. He was the first Roman Catholic of Irish descent to serve in that position. Governor herbert oconor of maryland.jpg
Herbert O'Conor, the 51st Governor of Maryland, serving from 1939 to 1947. He was the first Roman Catholic of Irish descent to serve in that position.

Fictional Irish-Americans from Baltimore

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References

  1. "Baltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic District (B-5077)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. Carpenter, Niles (1927). Immigrants and their children, 1920. A study based on census statistics relative to the foreign born and the native white of foreign or mixed parentage. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p.  380 . Retrieved 2017-08-07. 1920 Baltimore Irish.
  3. Durr, Kenneth D. (1998). "Why we are troubled": white working-class politics in Baltimore, 1940-1980. Washington, D.C.: American University. p. 23. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  4. Durr, Kenneth D. (1998). "Why we are troubled": white working-class politics in Baltimore, 1940-1980. Washington, D.C.: American University. p. 142. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  5. Durr, Kenneth D. (2003). Behind the Backlash: White Working-Class Politics in Baltimore, 1940-1980 . Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. p.  225. ISBN   0-8078-2764-9 . Retrieved August 7, 2017. Irish.
  6. "Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000" (PDF). 2000 United States Census . Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  7. "Social Statistics Baltimore, Maryland". Infoplease . Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  8. "The Role of Immigrants in Growing Baltimore: Recommendations to Retain and Attract New Americans" (PDF). City of Baltimore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  9. "2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American FactFinder. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  10. "The surprising Irish origins of Baltimore, Maryland". IrishCentral. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  11. "Martin O'Malley to attend gathering of O'Malley clan in Ireland". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  12. https://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Roots-Gathering-Mercies-Book-ebook/dp/B0D1NQPTTX [ bare URL ]

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