History of the Irish in Louisville

The history of the Irish in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, dates to the founding of the city.

There were two major waves of Irish influence on Louisville - the Scots-Irish in the late 18th century, and those who escaped from the Great Famine of the 1840s.

[1] In 1805, several Irish natives were living on Fifth Street by the Ohio River, but due to exogamous marriages and removals to new residences this was the last concentration of the Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots in Louisville.

Mayor Harvey Sloane brought back the Saint Patrick's Day parades during his administration.

[citation needed] These include an "Irish Pub District", centered around Baxter Avenue, which includes Dublin's Cellar, Flanagan's Ale House, Molly Malone's, O'Shea's, The Irish Rover, and The Celtic Center.

Bushmills residents had voted to decide whether to twin with Louisville, Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine.