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Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha Dé Danann and the...

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1534

2.3.1534

The Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England.

1837

6.11.1837

The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.

1875

9.1.1875

A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.