The Irish standard., 1891-11-28
IRISH NAMES IN AMERICA,
They are Found in Every State
and County in the
Union.
MANY REMINDERS OF IRELAND.

U0untles, Ult1eS and Towns Have BOZ
+ rowed Their Names From the
Green Isle.
John Deignan writes thus of Irisl
names: When reading Irish newspa
pers and the speeches of Irish orators
one frequently comes across suct
phrases as 'sThe Irish Nation in Amer
lca,'' "The Greater Ireland across tht
Atlantic etc. To the Eng]ishmar
and the anglo maniac, such phrases
seem but the idle bombast of the imag
inatiye Irish.
But those phrases are not ictions
nor empty boasts. The long, steady
influx OF Irish men and women into
the United States has made them posi-.
tive realities. Some one has estimated
that the city Of New York contains
more Irish than Dublin, Cork and Bel
fast conbined; that the city of Brook
lyn contains more irish than Galway
and Waterford together; that Boston
contains more Irish than Dublin; that
philadelphia contains more Irish than
Belfast-and insignificant, indeed
must be the town. village or hamlet in
the United States that has not it's quota
of Irish-born persons. And the pres.
ence Of the Irish is felt in the nomen
clature of cities and towns.
The Atlantic ocean contains but one
: ireland, but the United States contain
four, one each in Alabama, West Vir.
glnia Indiana and Minnesota. And
then Hibernla, which is another name
tor Ireland, we have three Of them, one
each in Florida. New jersey and New
York. And then we, have no fewer
than Ave Erins, . pat name for Ireland,
scattered through the states of Georgia,
New York, Tennessee, Texas, and
Wisconsin. We have an Irishburg in
Virginia, an Irish Ridge in Ohio, and
an Irish Ripple in Pennsylvania. Ne
braska has an Erina. Virginia has an
Erin Shades, and Indian Territory has
an Erin Springs.
The provinces in Ireland are repre-
sented In the United States by Munster,
in Illinois; Munster, IN Pennsylvania,
and Ulster in the latter state, besides
an Ulster park, m Ulsterville, and an
Ulster county in New York. We have
neither Leinster nor Connaught.
The counties Of Ireland are abund.
:antlv represented here. We have II
Dubllns, Is Waterfords, 8 Tyrones, z
L1mericks, Clares. 4 Mayos, 4 Sligos.
8 Corks, 3 Wexfords, s Antrims, 8
DerrYs flour Of which are called Lon
sdonderry), q koscommon. a Kings
county, q Queens county, Galway, a
Wicklow, Longford, Kilkenny, a
Kildare, a Donegal, Carlow, a Monag-
han and an Armagh. That is a pretty
substantial fiction" truly, but only a
fraction of the s.Greater Ireland has
been told yet.
As for the towns and villages of old
ireland they are reproduced here in
great profusion. We have twelve
places called Avoca, that world.re-
nowned place in the county Wicklow,
immortalized by Moore in his ''Melo.
dies;" we have six places called Avon
dale. after the beautiful residence Of
Charles Stewart Parnell, also in county
Wicklow. and we have seven places
called after Parnell himself.
We have a GarrYoweE in Iowa, a
.rullamore in Illinois, Rathdrum in
Idaho, an Achlll in Roscommon county,
Michigan; Baliin,. in California, a
Doneraile in Kentucky, Strabane in
Dakota, an Ardee IN New York and
in Tennessee, q Kinsale in Virginia. q
Kinkora in New Jeraey. q Tara in
Iowa, q Navan in Iowa and in Mich
gan, a Queenstown in MARYLAND and IN
Pennsvlvania, IL towns called Vest
port. 4 towns called Newry, 80 towns
called Newport, Valencia in Kansas
and in Pennsylvania, d places ca lied
Ennis, 4 called Kilgore, . Kilmic chael,
q KilmanaRh, = liisnore, 9 I.fsbnrn and
IL Bangors. 81
Even the hotbed OF county Armagh
orangeasm, tho nches, is here in
Wisconsin, and another Orange
stronghold sof toric fame, Ballybay.
is in Pennsy ylyanis;; md then We have
10 places called belfast. and 9 Boyne
Falls In Michiean. !. . Bandon IN MinneE- e
sofa and ia Orexoln. y Lurg fl Penn 81 \
sylyania, . Fernn0y ~ the me state, 9
Nenagh IS isconsin Az thlone 1llt y y
Calf fornia and in Michia Bray ~ 2
North Rannelt ton, ,irls Indiana, 9 q
~ in p gannoln q !
ldn Ohio, 4 DrumcI fs rs ryianld Ill' 9 9
5r0ome Ina the salnel town e
s &c GeoragziissI ana M elr1seys md. nza1t.
Ialstomn ln AZ.
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