Chauncey Olcott
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The songwriter with his non-Irish setter
Ernest Ball
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The man who co-wrote “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” wrote several other Irish ballads, including "Mother Machree."
Nativism in the Press
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An anti-Irish cartoon from the 19th century
Anti-Irish Stereotypes
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An 1867 cartoon
Irish Peasants
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Poverty and famine forced 1.5 million Irish to immigrate to the America between 1846 and 1855.