Hi, Laura

Just from some recent reading I've done...

There was recently an article in Historical Archaeology (published by the
Society for Historical Archaeology, www.sha.org):

Stephen A. Brighton (2008)
Degrees of Alienation: The Material Evidence of the Irish and Irish
American Experience, 1850-1910. Historical Archaeology 42(4): 132-153 
(urban sites)

Also, a brief, but interesting discussion about Irish immigrants in New
York State, and how they didn't fit in, eventually moving away, in:

Nancy Grey Osterud (1991)
Bonds of Community: The Lives of Farm Women in Nineteenth-Century New
York. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. (no archaeology)

--Megan Springate


> Hello!
>
> I had posted this on ACRA and it was suggested to me that I post on this
> forum as well because it relates more to my subject area.
>
> I recently graduated from University College Dublin with an MA in
> Archaeology and plan on starting a PhD there in the fall of this year.  My
> PhD research is about the Irish diaspora into American. I am trying to get
> information on historical areas, possible archaeological sites, excavation
> reports and research that has been done on cities such as Boston,
> Philadelphia, Chicago,etc, ones that have recognizable Irish communities.
> My
> question is whether anyone on this forum knows of such information that
> would be of help to me. I have called the historical commissions, but
> there
> does not appear to be any sort of data base that facilitates research. I
> have also been warned as to thinking that any one research facility will
> have all the information available and to make sure I throughly research
> all
> possible resources. Book recommendations would be welcome as well!  Any
> suggestions are greatly appreciated and I would like to think everyone for
> their time!
>
> cordially,
>
> Laura E. Scharding
>