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Originally Posted by IrishIllini
Hard to separate the Irish diaspora from the English and Scottish ones since they're all so closely connected. Most "Irish" people in the US today are probably significantly English and Scottish as well. That's how it is in my family 
Anti-Irish sentiment in the US pales in comparison to other ethnic groups. The Irish have been in the US essentially as long as the English. Kind of a packaged deal despite their histories in the Isles. At the peak of the anti-Irish (catholic) movement, you had people whose families were Irish immigrants discriminating against Irish immigrants  |
There were anti-Catholic riots led by "orange" Irish Protestants in Philadelphia and NYC.