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.

Irish Immigrant's Flax-Wheel

St. Patrick's Day Parade [sheet music]

Irish Pub Softball Jersey

Spirit of 19-17-76 ... Join the Irish "300" for France With 69th Regiment ... (September 17-19, 1917). 69th Infantry Regiment.

This Irish Immigrant Prevented a Train Wreck

Irish Potato Basket

Celtic, Irish Harp

135th / Anniversary Dinner / of / The Society of the / Friendly Sons of St. Patrick / in the City of New York / Hotel Commodore - March Seventeenth / 1919 [menu and program in booklet form]

The Irish Cape

Book, "Greatest Irish Americans of the 20th Century", edited by Patricia Harty, Oak Tree Press, Dublin, Ireland

Youghall Irish Needle Lace Cuff

Marsh 16oz Whole Irish Potatoes cans

An Irish Hero! 1 Irishman Defeats 10 Germans... Join an Irish Regiment To-Day

An Irish Wake, Illustration for Harper's Weekly (XVII, March 15, 1873, p. 204)

Irish Relief Fund Bazaar Madison Square Garden ...

Guinness Brewery, Ireland

8c Henry Knox single

"I'll Go Too!" the Real Irish Spirit. Central Council for the Organisation of Recruiting in Ireland.

Ed Sullivan

E. Lee Ballanfant [baseball card]

Decanter with Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock

Garfield Invincible L.O.L. badge

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones and Joe. J. Tomblin

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