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The Cincinnati race riots of 1829 were triggered by competition for jobs between Irish immigrants and native blacks and former slaves, in Cincinnati, Ohio [1] but also were related to white fears given the rapid increases of free and fugitive blacks in the city during this decade, particularly in the preceding three years.
Jim Thorpe. James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox languages: Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; [2] May 22 or 28, [3] 1887 – March 28, 1953) [4] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.
The Irish American Heritage Center (Irish: Ionad na Oidhreachtas Éire-Mheiriceánach) is a non-profit organization located in Chicago that seeks to enhance the study of Irish culture with programming centered on Irish dance, literature, heritage, music, and Irish American cultural contributions to the United States. [1]
GCUES and affiliated organizations logos. An Emerald Society is an Irish-American fraternal organization whose members come from law enforcement, fire service, and non-uniform civil service agencies. Each Emerald Society is separate and distinct from the other. Currently, there are two umbrella Emerald organizations: the Grand Council of United ...
The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs posts and other targets in Canada (then part of British North America) in 1866, and again from 1870 to 1871. A number of separate incursions by the Fenian ...
Irish-American culture in Ohio. This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Irish Americans in Ohio . Ireland portal. Ohio portal.
Cincinnati Bearcats kicker Nathan Hawks drilled a 55-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 50-yarder in the fourth to help UC to a 27-16 Victory Bell win at Miami University Saturday. Corey ...
The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) is an organization founded in 2005 by Niall O'Dowd, Ciaran Staunton, and Kelly Fincham that campaigns for reform of United States immigration law and for legalizing an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants. [9][10] The ILIR visited the White House in 2012 to discuss a proposed Irish E-3 ...