History of the Irish in Baltimore

In 1880, the Irish made up a large portion of the foreign-born population of Baltimore at 24.6% of all foreign born residents.

[1] In 1920, 10,240 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke an English or Celtic language.

[3] In total, 4,077 people of Irish birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 4.6% of the foreign-stock white population.

[4] In the 1940 United States Census, Irish-Americans comprised 22% of the foreign-born population in Highlandtown.

This made them the second largest European ethnic group in the Baltimore area after the Germans.

St. Vincent de Paul Church in Jonestown , September 2014.
Work advertisement in the Baltimore Sun , April 21, 1857: "No Irish need apply."
Quigley's Half-Irish Pub located in Ridgely's Delight , March 2009.
The James Joyce Pub in Harbor East , April 2015.
Martin O'Malley , a politician who was the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. Prior to being elected as governor, he served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007 and was a Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999.
Herbert O'Conor , the 51st Governor of Maryland, serving from 1939 to 1947. He was the first Roman Catholic of Irish descent to serve in that position.