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Irish Americans | Wikipedia audio article
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Irish Americans
00:00:47 1 Irish immigration to the United States 00:00:58 1.1 17th to mid-19th century 00:05:21 1.1.1 Irish in the South 00:08:46 1.2 Mid-19th century and later 00:11:14 1.2.1 Civil War through early 20th century 00:18:37 1.2.2 Language 00:21:08 1.3 Occupations 00:25:05 1.3.1 Local government 00:26:14 1.3.2 Police 00:27:34 1.3.3 Teachers 00:28:57 1.3.4 Nuns 00:30:13 2 Religion 00:31:24 2.1 Irish Catholic and Irish Protestant relations 00:35:11 2.2 Catholics 00:40:46 2.3 Protestants 00:41:49 2.3.1 Presbyterians 00:44:58 2.3.2 Methodists 00:45:54 3 Discrimination 00:48:37 3.1 Stereotypes 00:52:06 4 Sense of heritage 00:54:27 4.1 Cities 00:59:19 5 Notable people 00:59:28 5.1 In politics and government 01:03:00 5.2 Political leanings 01:08:52 5.2.1 American presidents with Irish ancestry 01:17:10 5.2.1.1 Vice Presidents of Irish descent 01:17:48 5.2.1.2 Other presidents of Irish descent 01:18:05 5.2.2 Irish-American Justices of the Supreme Court 01:18:41 6 Contributions to American culture 01:24:28 7 Sports 01:25:26 7.1 Baseball 01:27:02 7.2 Gaelic sports 01:27:28 8 Entertainment 01:28:42 9 Irish-American communities 01:29:56 10 See also 01:30:50 11 Notes 01:30:58 12 Other sources
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Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. About 33 million Americans — 10.5% of the total population — reported Irish ancestry in the 2013 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. This compares with a population of 6.7 million on the island of Ireland. Three million people separately identified as Scotch-Irish, whose ancestors were Ulster Scots and Anglo-Irish Protestant Dissenters who emigrated from Ireland to the United States. However, whether the Scotch-Irish should be considered Irish is disputed.