How are blues lyrics similar to crime fiction? Which books influenced musician Rory Gallagher’s music? Follow Dr Lauren O’Hagan’s investigation. Then see if you can tell blues lyrics apart from detective stories!
Despite experiencing discrimination on account of their religion and culture, the Catholic Irish gradually gained acceptance in American society.
As a result of social and economic change in both Ireland and the United States, Irish Catholic migrants to America began to outnumber their Protestant counterparts by the early 1830s.
Despite their fearsome reputation on the frontier, the Scots-Irish contributed much to American cultural life.
Protestant migrants from Ulster, who were predominantly Presbyterian, emigrated to America in large numbers during the British colonial period.