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Since Irish immigrants began settling in New Jersey during the seventeenth century, they have made a sizable impact on the state's history and development. This remarkable treasury of photographs and newspaper clippings helps to uncover the story of how the Irish of New Jersey maintained their proud heritage while also embracing their role in laying the foundations for the social, economic, political, and religious landscapes of the country they now called home. Featuring a wealth of local anecdotes, sermons, diary entries, and brief biographical sketches, as well as early census statistics and scholarly references, this well-written and thoroughly researched volme will appeal to historians and general readers, alike.

HISTORY  IRISH  NEW  JERSEY