Irish Riviera
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Irish Riviera is a slang expression that can refer to any of several seaside communities in the United States with high population densities of Irish-Americans, including:
- Indiana
- Michigan City, a city in northwest Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan
- Massachusetts
- The South Shore, a region south of Boston Harbor along the Atlantic coast, which includes Scituate and Marshfield
- Marshfield, a town south of Boston in Plymouth County on the Atlantic coast
- Scituate, a town south of Boston in Plymouth County on the Atlantic coast
- Squantum, a peninsular area of Quincy, directly south of Boston
- The South Shore, a region south of Boston Harbor along the Atlantic coast, which includes Scituate and Marshfield
- Michigan
- New Buffalo, A city on Lake Michigan's Gold Coast [1]
- New Jersey
- Avon, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast [2]
- Belmar, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast[3]
- Lake Como, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast[3]
- Spring Lake, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
- Sea Girt, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic Coast
- Brigantine,
- Ocean City,
- Sea Isle City,
- Stone Harbor,
- Avalon,
- North Wildwood,
- Wildwood,
- Cape May,
- New York
- Breezy Point, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens [4]
- Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn
- Rockaway Beach, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens [5]
- Belle Harbor, Queens a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queen
References
[edit]- ^ "20 Trips, 10 Cities, 1 Tank of Gas". Travel Channel.
- ^ Roth, Phillip (1997). American Pastoral. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-86021-0.
- ^ a b OBrien, Ciara (February 4, 2011). "Belmar Saint Patrick's Day Parade - New Jersey, USA - March 6th, 2011". Irish Celtic Jewels.
- ^ Herszenhorn, David M. (June 18, 2001). "THE CENSUS -- A Region of Enclaves: Breezy Point, Queens; Bounded by Gates, Over a Toll Bridge". New York Times.
- ^ "Summer on the Irish Riviera". /sagharboronline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-26.