I'd like to wish a Happy St. Patrick's Day to our Irish-American readers and friends, our Irish readers in Ireland itself, and to legal Irish immigrants. ( Illegal Irish immigrants are advised to get a
cheap flight from New York to Shannon before President Trump catches you. )
One of the earliest things I wrote for the site was a piece called
The Camp Of St. Patrick, [March 17, 2001] pointing out how much like the "Camp Of The Saints" the Famine Irish exodus was for the receiving countries in North America.
There are memorials in various places (like
Grosse Île, Quebec) to the dead, who didn't die of famine, but of cholera, which they brought with them. Wikipedia's article on
cholera outbreaks and pandemics says
Cholera hit Ireland in 1849 and killed many of the Irish Famine survivors, already weakened by starvation and fever.[12] In 1849, cholera claimed 5,308 lives in the major port city of Liverpool, England, an embarkation point for immigrants to North America, and 1,834 in Hull, England.[6]
An outbreak in North America took the life of former U.S. President James K. Polk. Cholera, believed spread from Irish immigrant ship(s) from England, spread throughout the Mississippi river system, killing over 4,500 in St. Louis[6] and over 3,000 in New Orleans.[6] Thousands died in New York, a major destination for Irish immigrants.[6]
![His —probably mythical—slogan: "Americay for Americans, Begorrah!" His —probably mythical—slogan: "Americay for Americans, Begorrah!"](http://web.archive.org./web/20160319211152im_/http://web.archive.org/web/20140323033859im_/https://www.vdare.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/images/james_fulford/dennis_kearney.jpg)
However, the survivors became part of America's white majority. In Alien Nation, Peter Brimelow mentioned 19th century
anti-cheap labor activist Denis Kearney (right) who fought
Chinese immigration.
Brimelow wrote “[A]n
Irish immigrant, Dennis Kearney, was a leader of the
agitation that halted Chinese immigration into California. (His—probably mythical—slogan: `
Americay for Americans, Begorrah!`)”
So in spite of our site's Anglo-Saxon bias, we wish the Irish well, and some of them even wish us well.
We plan to run an article tomorrow about what multi-culturalism is doing to Ireland, but for now, here is a sampling of our past St. Patrick's Day coverage.
- When Everyone Is Irish, by Peter Brimelow, The Times (London, England), March 21, 1987
- Ireland: Though All The World (Specifically, The Irish PM) Betray Thee, by Martin Kelly, March 16, 2006
- "Legalize Me, I`m Irish", by Brenda Walker, March 16, 2006
- On St. Patrick`s Day, An Irish-American Calls For National Unity—Even If It Includes WASPS!, March 16, 2007
- A Michigan Reader Says Ireland`
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