Irish Songs

Lower East Side Tenement Museum Tells a Story

Kalia N. Baker | Posted 05.29.2012

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Whether it was the famine or political and religious persecution that brought these Irish families to America, as described on the tour, they were met with much discrimination -- one of which is reflected in their housing and economic opportunity.

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Obama On St. Patrick's Day: I'm A Little Bit Irish

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Call him Barack O'Bama. As White House fountains ran green for St. Patrick's Day, the president saluted strong U.S.-Irish ties in ...

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Oh, Danny Boy!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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With St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, we thought we'd be extra helpful and post the lyrics to the most popular (and not-really-Irish) St. ...

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Which Irish Song Did This Man Ban?

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 11.17.2011

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NEW YORK — It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set f...

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