# stpatricksday ww1 womenshist

To mark I'll be sharing some pieces I've written over the years on how Irish emigrants marked the day in the 19th century. The first looks at how Irish miners in the California Gold Rush celebrated their patron saint in 1853: https://t.co/gyBFw75GIK

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2020-03-17

Visualising the Journeys of Irish Women who Married U.S. Naval Servicemen in the First World War: https://t.co/GLyD6aRQvo

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2019-05-31

‘Ireland at the Diggings’– How Irish Miners of the California Gold Rush Celebrated Home in 1853: https://t.co/gyBFw75GIK

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2019-03-28