The History of The Irish...Worldwide
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Paddy the Navvy
"In eighteen hundred and forty-four
I landed on the Liverpool shore
Me belly was empty me hands were raw
With working on the railway, the railway
I'm weary of the railway
Poor paddy works on the railway"
(from Poor Paddy on the Railway by The Dubliners…
Added by Kieron Punch on June 2, 2017 at 10:30am — 5 Comments
Canals Dug By the Irish in the United States
The Erie Canal in New York was the first canal dug by the Irish. They did a splendid job and were hired by Mansuel White to dig the New Basin Canal in New Orleans. They were shipped in but the conditions were so bad -- no shelter. no food -- that they decided to leave. There is an article in the Times-Picayune…
ContinueAdded by margaret campbell on February 27, 2017 at 8:30pm — 9 Comments
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