The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-13
IRELAND IN AMERICA.
Irish Town and County Names in
This Country.

This Country.
1t may be interesting to give some
figures and names. showing what Irish
America really means. The city. of
New York contains more Irish than
Dublin, Cork and Belfast combined:
the city of Brooklyn contains more
Irish than Galway and Waterford put
together; there are more Irish in Bos-
ton than in Dublin, and more in Phila-
delphia than there are in Belfast. But
it is in the Irish names in America
that the greatest proof is evinced of
the devotion of the Irish exiles to the
old land. There is an ireland" in
Alabama, another in West Virginia
another in Indiana and another in Min
nesota. There are three "Hibernias'
situated in Florida. New Jersey and
New York. There are five "Erins.'
scattered through the states of Geor-
gia, New York, Tennessee, Texas and
Wisconsin. There is an 'Irishburg" in
Virginia, and Irish Ridge" in Ohio, an
Irish Ripple" in Pennsylvania, an
'Erina" in Nebraska. Erin Shades in
Virginia, and Erin Springs in Indian
Territory The names of Irish prov
inces are illustrated by Munster in Il
linois, and Munster and Ulster in Penn
sylvania. In New York there is an
Ulster Park, an Ulsterville and an u
ster county. There are II Dublins in
the States, Is Waterfords, Tyrones, Z
Limericks, Clares. 4 Mayos, SHgos.
8 Corks, 8 WeXfords, s Antrims 9 Der
rvs -four of which are called London
derry), a Roscommon. Kings county, a
Queens county, a Galway, a Wicklow.
Longford, a Kilkenny, a Kildare. a
Donegal Carlow, Monaghan and an
Armagh. There are twelve places
styled Avoca, and six places called
Avondale in honor of Parnel. There
are also several places called after
Parnell himself
There is a GarryOwen in Iowa a Tul-
lamore in Illinois, a Rathdrum In Ida
no, an Achill in RoscOmmon county,
Michigan; a Ballina in California, a
Doneraile in Kentucky, a Strabane in
Dakota, an Ardee in New York and
Tennessee, a Kinsale in Virginia. a
Kincora in New Jersey, a Tara in Iowa,
a Navan in Iowa, and another in Mich
igan. a Queenstown in Maryland and
one in Pennsylvania: while there are
IL towns called Westport, 4 towns call
ed Newry, 80 towns called Newport,
Valencia in Kansas, another in Penn
sylvania, places called Ennis, 4 called
Kilgore, a Kilmichael, a KiImanagh, a
Lismore, a Lisburn and IL BangOrs.
There are 10 places called Belfast. a
Boyne in Michigan, a Bandon in Mime
sofa and in Oregon, a LUrgan and a
Fermoy in Pennsylvania, a Nenagh in
Wisconsin, an AthlOne in California
and in Michigan, a Bray in North Car
DINA, a Clontarf in Minnesota, Dun
cannon in Ohio, Drumcliffe in Mary
land, a Cookstown in Georgia and in
New Jersey, a Boyle in Kansas and in
Pennsylvania, Ballyclough in Iowa,
10 places called cambridge, five called
Coleraine, Green Isle in Minnesota,
2 places called Green Island, 20 Mil
fords, and places called Adair.
Almost every state in the Union has
counties called after the famous Irish
Americans of Revolutionary fame.
There are two counties, eight towns
and several lesser places called after
Jack Barry, 1.-The father of the Ameri-
can navy" who was County Wexford
man. Charles Carroll of Carrollton has
13 counties, IS towns and 20 lesser
places called after him. Mad Anthony
Wayne, another Irish-American hero,
has 10 counties, IS towns and Is lesser
places named in his honor. In honor
of John Hancock, who was the first
to sign the Declaration of American
independence, there are 10 counties and
Is towns. II would be almost impossi-
bic to enumerate the towns and places
named after "Old Ironsides," ParnelPs
grandfather. The "Starktowns' are
also very numerous, some in honor of
General Stark and some in honor of his
wife, Irish Molly Stark as she was
always lovingly described, who took her
husbands place when he was killed at
the gun, and remained in command of
the gun till the end of the war. She
was created captain for bravery in ac-
ton, but never lost the title of Irish
Molly" In honor of O'Brien of Mach
las bay fame, there is an OBrien coun-
ty in Iowa, and an O'Brien in Glynn
county, Georgia. in honor of Patrick
Henry we have 10 counties and IS
| towns. There are towns and counties
| ad libitum called McDonoUgh, Sulli-
van, McCracken. Calhoun, O'Brien
Emmett, Meagher, Dougherty, Murphy
etc. Phil Sheridan has no fewer than
counties and II towns named in his
| honor; while there are several Corcor-
ans. Burkes, Shields Kearney, Cleburn,
Mulligan, Moran, Lynch, Kelly, Ma
lone, etc.