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Irish Are Coming

by Robert Moon

Today: #171 in Society & Culture, Ireland on our combined chart.

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About the show

The Irish Are Coming  podcast is about how Irish people and their heritage helped shape the United States. Each episode follows a story, a person, a place, or a moment from Ireland into America — and connects it with our American fabric of today.