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Blog: Romance in the 1880s
The state of Kansas and Irish immigration
In the United States St. Patrick's Day, a religious holiday commemorating the life of the patron saint of Ireland, has become a wide celebration of Irish and Irish-American culture. As of 2024, Kansas is home to over 300,000 people with Irish ancestry. In this pamphlet, Irish Catholic priest Thomas Ambrose Butler describes his experience in Kansas as a pastor at the Catholic cathedral in Leavenworth. Butler provides advice to people in Ireland who are thinking of immigrating to the United States.
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