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IN THIS ISSUE

40 Years | 1985 – 2025

Looking back at Irish America’s premier issue we see that it set the tone for what was to come: a thorough investigation into what it means to be Irish American. 40 years later,…

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Our Jack

I am of Pete Hamill’s generation. His “Our Jack” article has reminded me why I loved Jack Kennedy. I’m 100 percent Irish, I’m proud to say, or as Irish as my DNA tests…

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IRISH AMERICA ARCHIVES

The King Ranch

How the orphaned son of Irish immigrants ended up owning one of the largest cattle…

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Inside the Tenement Museum.
Irish Family Comes to
Tenement Museum

An Irish immigrant family is moving into 97 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side…

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April 27, 1718

Thomas Lewis, a pioneer of the state of Virginia, was born on this day in 1718, in Co. Donegal to John and Margaret Lynn Lewis. John emigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1728 and sent for his family to come over in 1730. In 1732 the Irish family made the bold move to Spotsylvania County, an area near the Shenandoah River, along what was then the western frontier of the colonies. Lewis married a woman named Jane Strother in 1749, and the two settled on a plantation called Lynwood. Lewis went on to become one of the first judges in Augusta County, represented his county in The House of Burgesses and, post-independence, in the House of Delegates. He died in 1790, one of the largest owners of property in the county.

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