Keywords: Dockworker
Item 103918
Percy Graffam holds pool balls in one hand, Portland, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-05-21 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.