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Happy SECOND Locked-Down St. Patrick’s Day From VDARE.com!

By James Fulford

03/16/2021

Earlier (March 2020): St. Patrick’s Day: Stay Home! (And Catch Up On Our PREVIOUS St. Patrick’s Day Coverage) and Social Distancing: Please Don’t Go Pub-Crawling for St. Patrick’s Day

Last year at this time, we were already locking down (see the links above) and while, depending on your vaccination status and your state, you may be able to celebrate a bit, it is probably still not a good idea to go out and drink green beer while wearing faux-Irish hats made of styrofoam.

This is what I wrote about St. Patrick’s Day last year.

One of the earliest things I wrote for the site was a piece called The Camp Of St. Patrick, [March 17, 2001] pointing out how much like the "Camp Of The Saints" the Famine Irish exodus was for the receiving countries in North America.

There are memorials in various places (like Grosse Île, Quebec) to the dead, who didn’t die of famine, but of cholera, which they brought with them. Wikipedia’s article on cholera outbreaks and pandemics says

Cholera hit Ireland in 1849 and killed many of the Irish Famine survivors, already weakened by starvation and fever.[12] In 1849, cholera claimed 5,308 lives in the major port city of Liverpool, England, an embarkation point for immigrants to North America, and 1,834 in Hull, England.[6] An outbreak in North America took the life of former U.S. President James K. Polk. Cholera, believed spread from Irish immigrant ship(s) from England, spread throughout the Mississippi river system, killing over 4,500 in St. Louis[6] and over 3,000 in New Orleans.[6] Thousands died in New York, a major destination for Irish immigrants.[6]

However, the survivors became part of America’s white majority. (They fought on both sides of the Civil War.) In Alien Nation, VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow mentioned 19th century anti-cheap labor activist Denis Kearney (right), who fought Chinese immigration.

Brimelow wrote “[A]n Irish immigrant, Dennis Kearney, was a leader of the agitation that halted Chinese immigration into California. (His — probably mythical — slogan: 'Americay for Americans, Begorrah!')”

The Irish in America are part of the American nation, but still in their own way.

The most Irish jobs in America: fire, police, brokers, lawyers, appraisers. #StPatricksDay pic.twitter.com/rWcepm3omx

— Jed Kolko (@JedKolko) March 14, 2017

In spite of our site’s Anglo-Saxon roots, we wish the Irish well, and some of them even wish us well.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone, and here’s what we've written about St. Patrick’s Day past March 17ths.

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