Irish Heritage in Schuylkill County Fire Companies with Mike Glore and Mike Kitsock
Schedule
Wed, 12 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Humane Fire Company-Phoenix Fire Company | Pottsville, PA
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Mike Glore and Mike Kitsock share their research on Schuylkill County’s Irish volunteer fire companies. This promises to be an entertaining and informative evening!Beginning with the Great Hunger Famine in the 1840s, over two million impoverished Irish immigrants soon arrived in America, seeking food and hope. Enduring bigotry and religious prejudice in the new land, many thousands of Irish people settled in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to labor in the anthracite coal mines.
In many Schuylkill communities, Irish volunteer fire companies were soon formed to protect their homes, families, and possessions and also to prove their “prowess and mettle” to all residents in these towns.
This event is FREE to SCHS members and $5 for nonmembers. There will be a cash bar as this event will be held at the Humane Fire Company.
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Where is it happening?
Humane Fire Company-Phoenix Fire Company, 243 Laurel Blvd, Pottsville, PA 17901, United States,Pottsville, PennsylvaniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
