St Patricks Day

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  3-13-18
  

  Lessons From the Rise of America’s Irish

  by Jason Riley

  They arrived dirt poor and uneducated in the 1840s. After decades of struggle, they achieved prosperity.

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• 3-16-17
  

  This St. Patrick’s Day Let’s Remember Northern Ireland, too

  by Steven Knipp

  Most Americans come from Northern Ireland including Ulysses Grant and Stonewall Jackson.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  3-17-15
  

  “Too small a change”: How St. Patrick’s Day became a political lightning rod

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Organizers of St. Patrick's Day parade say it's about celebrating "Irish heritage and culture." Here's the problem.

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• SOURCE: The Economist
  3-16-14
  

  Why Guinness is less Irish than you think

  Arthur Guinness, the founder of the brewing dynasty, was a staunch unionist and opponent of Irish nationalism.

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• March 2002
  

  The Seven Biggest Myths of St. Patrick's Day

  by Edward T. O’Donnell

  St. Patrick wasn't even Irish.