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Cleveland Irish Today: Links

Today, Irish Americans comprise approximately 9.6% of Cleveland's ethically diverse population (U.S. Census American Factfinder). Their contributions to Cleveland's cultural landscape are numerous as the links below indicate.

• Annual Local Events
  • Irish Cultural Festival
  • St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Archival Sources
  • Irish American Archives - Western Reserve Historical Society
• Irish Dance
Schools of Irish Dance in Greater Cleveland
• Cannon School of Irish Dancing
• The Leneghan Academy of Irish Dance
• Murphy Irish Arts Center
Further reading about the history of Irish Dance
• The Evolution of Irish Dancing in America
• The History of Irish Dance
• Irish Dance Terminology: an educational guide for learning and understanding Irish dance culture

Organizations in Northeast Ohio

• Ancient Order of Hibernians
• Cleveland Comhaltas
• Greater Cleveland Feis Society
• Greater Cleveland Police Emerald Society
• Irish American Club- East Side, Inc.
• Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians — Ohio
• Mayo Society of Greater Cleveland
• McNeeley Library Foundation
• Murphy Irish Arts Association
• West Side Irish-American Club

Additional Sources About the Irish in Cleveland

• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Irish
• The Irish Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland by Nelson J. Callahan, William F. Hickey; with an introd. by Andrew M. Greeley, Cleveland, Cleveland State University, 1978.
• Excerpts from Cleveland; the making of a city by William Ganson Rose, Cleveland, World Pub. Co., 1950.