Irish American

E1437
diaspora community ethnic group

Irish Americans are U.S. residents of Irish ancestry, known for their significant cultural, political, and historical influence in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Irish Americans 10
Irish-American 3
Irish-American organizations 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
contributedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: American Catholic Church

American literature ⓘ
American popular culture ⓘ
U.S. law enforcement ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: U.S. military

U.S. politics ⓘ
labor movement in the United States ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalTradition Irish dance ⓘ
Irish literature ⓘ
Irish music ⓘ
Irish sports clubs ⓘ
Irish step dancing ⓘ
celebration of Saint Patrick's Day ⓘ
diasporaRelation Irish diaspora ⓘ
hasAncestryFrom Ireland ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
historicalDiscrimination Nativism in the United States ⓘ
anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States ⓘ
historicalSloganDirectedAt No Irish Need Apply ⓘ
holidayObserved St. Patrick’s Day Parade ⓘ
surface form: Saint Patrick's Day in the United States
languageUsed English ⓘ
Irish English ⓘ
surface form: Hiberno-English

Irish ⓘ
majorImmigrationCause Great Famine ⓘ
economic hardship in Ireland ⓘ
majorImmigrationWave mid-19th century ⓘ
notableCityOfSettlement Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
organizationType Irish American cultural society ⓘ
Irish American fraternal organization ⓘ
politicalInfluence Democratic Party ⓘ
urban political machines ⓘ
relatedGroup Irish Canadian ⓘ
Irish people ⓘ
Irish American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scotch-Irish American
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Baptist ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
nonreligious ⓘ
settlementRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
urban centers ⓘ
symbol Celtic cross ⓘ
Irish tricolor flag ⓘ
shamrock ⓘ

Referenced by (108)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Irish Americans
Murphy → isUsedInDiasporaCommunitiesOf → Irish American ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Americans
English American → relatedEthnicGroup → Irish American ⓘ
Scottish American → relatedEthnicGroup → Irish American ⓘ
subject surface form: Scottish Americans
this entity surface form: Irish Americans
Irish American → relatedGroup → Irish American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scotch-Irish American
Irish Canadian → relatedGroup → Irish American ⓘ
Scots-Irish American → subgroupOf → Irish American ⓘ
subject surface form: Scots-Irish Americans
this entity surface form: Irish Americans
this entity surface form: Irish-American organizations