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Irish American History and Heritage

Explore collection items related to Ireland and Irish American history and heritage. Learn how a chance encounter and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival helped launch a revival of Irish American music. Enjoy the music of Ireland with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 


1c Margaret Mitchell single

Name Tag, Space Shuttle Astronaut (McAuliffe)

“Kitty Tyrrell, Irish Ballad”

The Kennedy family

Kurt Cobain

John Joseph Hughes

The Irish Fair, from the series The Wind Bloweth

Henry Ford

Robert Fuller and John Binns

Dion Boucicault

Death of General Montgomery

Columbus O'Donnell

T.C. Boyle

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady; Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider

Dion Boucicault

Irish Cottage

John Bell

32c Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey single

Walt Disney

John Power

Carmel White Snow

John Joseph Hughes

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his studio [photograph] / (photographed by De Witt Ward)

Mary Harris Jones

Prelude to Christmas Card

Button, Catholic War Veteran

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan

29c Bing Crosby single

Walter Herron

John Ford

Thomas McKean

John Berryman

George Read

John Huston

The Valiant Tale of the Civil War's Irish Brigade


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