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Historic Highlights: Irish in Illinois cut a path to history
In Illinois on St. Patrick’s Day, there is green in abundance. And plenty of Irish eyes are smiling. As one of the state’s leading ethnic groups, Irish-Americans in the Land of Lincoln have left their mark across the state in the last 175 years. Their …