Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
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- ...During the funeral, the pipes were played. After this tradition began, non-Irish firefighters requested the pipes be played at their funerals. ...the band. It is also our intent to spread the history and heritage of the Irish, Scottish, and the Fire Service. ...2 KB (367 words) - 02:19, 11 September 2014
- ...ick's Fraternal Society and the Hiberian Benevolent Society saw a need for Irish splinter groups to unite to defend against nativist groups. (2) By 1904 the ...the city of Dubuque. Each was usually associated with a parish with mainly Irish membership. (6) ...4 KB (641 words) - 18:55, 11 December 2017
- ...set of rules, the Penal Laws, were written with the intent of keeping the Irish defeated for generations. The laws took most of the Catholics' property and The Irish had very little agricultural ground of their own. According to tradition, w ...21 KB (3,266 words) - 15:45, 23 March 2026
- (Irish AOH is oldest Irish Catholic organization in USA) Dubuque County #2 ...ttee on Foreign Relations, since 2001, and doing business as Dubuque Irish Hooley Co-Executive Director since 2013 ...26 KB (3,508 words) - 14:28, 29 May 2019