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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… during the 1860s, thousands of French Canadian, Irish, and some west European immigrants migrated to Biddeford and Saco to work in textile mills…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 1 of 17

"… to these financially advantageous factors, heavy Irish and Canadian immigration occurred. The 1830 and 1860 Biddeford census show a rise from 1,995…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… of people from other cultures, such as the Irish and French-Canadians, plus the successful manufacturing at the many mills, combined to foster a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… and the animosity between the French and Irish Catholics, a separate church--St. Joseph's--was established in 1870."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… to come to Biddeford--the story goes that the Irish blocked the Bradbury Bridge and the French blocked the Main Street Bridge; both groups were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and southern Europeans."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… property in 1716-7 around the falls, and Scots-Irish immigrants arrived in greater numbers throughout the 1740's."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… mentioned are: Lincoln's victory in 1864 Irish votes in Bangor Silas S. Drew George B. McClellan Franklin Treat Annie Martin Northern secessionists…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… of Maine communities by recruiting Scots-Irish, Huguenot, and German settlers when New Englanders did not find their terms inviting."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Rathbone, who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet John Banim about the legend of Damon and Pythias."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… circumstances, as the daughter of a middle class Irish Catholic family. (In British-ruled Ireland at the time, Protestants dominated the upper…"

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… by many different people of Chinese, Greek, Irish, and Italian descent. They were all immigrant families."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… at Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam, Port Hudson, Irish Bend, Fredericksburg, and Cold Harbor among others."