Irish in Wisconsin
By David G. Holmes
Paperback: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-87020-346-6
96 pages, 20 photographs, 1 map, 6x9"
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The Irish have a rich and long history in Wisconsin, dating back to the nineteenth century. Immigrants quickly formed communities in Beloit, Fond du Lac, and Sturgeon Bay, as well as in rural Trempeauleau County. They worked at day labor, railroad construction, lumbering, fishing, and of course farming. Some of those early Irish communities have disappeared; others have experienced succeeding generations of Irish Americans settling in these Wisconsin cities and small towns and influencing them with their old country charm. WHS Press books as well as other books and gifts may be purchased from the Wisconsin Historical Museum Shop on the Capitol Square at 30 N. Carroll Street. To place a phone order, call (608) 264-6565.
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