Irish Riviera

Irish Riviera is a slang expression that can refer to any of several seaside communities in the United States with high population densities of Irish-Americans, including:

• Indiana
  • Michigan City, a city in northwest Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan
• Massachusetts
  • The South Shore, a region south of Boston Harbor along the Atlantic coast, which includes Scituate and Marshfield
    • Marshfield, a town south of Boston in Plymouth County on the Atlantic coast
    • Scituate, a town south of Boston in Plymouth County on the Atlantic coast
    • Squantum, a peninsular area of Quincy, directly south of Boston
• Michigan
  • New Buffalo, A city on Lake Michigan's Gold Coast ^[1]
• New Jersey
  • Avon, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast ^[2]
  • Belmar, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast ^[3]
  • Lake Como, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast ^[3]
  • Spring Lake, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
  • Sea Girt, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic Coast
  • Brigantine,
  • Ocean City,
  • Sea Isle City,
  • Stone Harbor,
  • Avalon,
  • North Wildwood,
  • Wildwood,
  • Cape May,
• New York
  • Breezy Point, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens ^[4]
  • Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn
  • Rockaway Beach, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens ^[5]
  • Belle Harbor, Queens a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queen

References

1. "20 Trips, 10 Cities, 1 Tank of Gas". Travel Channel.
2. Roth, Phillip (1997). American Pastoral. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN   0-395-86021-0.
3. OBrien, Ciara (February 4, 2011). "Belmar Saint Patrick's Day Parade - New Jersey, USA - March 6th, 2011". Irish Celtic Jewels.
4. Herszenhorn, David M. (June 18, 2001). "THE CENSUS -- A Region of Enclaves: Breezy Point, Queens; Bounded by Gates, Over a Toll Bridge". New York Times .
5. "Summer on the Irish Riviera". /sagharboronline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-26.