Bald Eagle in Clinton County, Pennsylvania is a very small
town broadly halfway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, the state capital. In
the 1860s, the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad was completed as part of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Some of the men
from Ireland who worked on the railroad had their county of birth recorded in
the 1870 U.S. Federal Census. They are found among farmers and laborers who
also had their Irish counties of birth recorded. The same information was also
recorded for some female immigrants from Ireland.
It is interesting to note that all those that had their
Irish counties of birth recorded were from Munster. However, the enumerator, assistant
marshal J.P. Heard, only recorded this information in the first five pages in
his enumeration of Bald Eagle. All other immigrants from Ireland just had their
country of birth recorded. One wonders if all the other Irish immigrants were
also from Munster counties and their presence in Bald Eagle was due to chain
migration from the south and south west of Ireland. Of those with counties of
birth recorded, Cork and Clare have the largest concentrations.
Irish County of Birth
|
Number
|
Cork
|
21
|
Clare (incl. Claire)
|
15
|
Waterford
|
3
|
Kerry (incl. Carry)
|
3
|
Limerick
|
1
|
Total
|
43
|
Browse the enumeration for Bald Eagle by clicking here.
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