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Episode 14: Black Paddywhackery, Part 2
Resource ID: 38254
Type: podcast episode, audio
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- UPDATED: 6.29.2025
- peoples, mixed ancestry peoples
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9.3.2023
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Brian Halpin
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In Part 1 of "Black Paddywhackery", we learned about the origins of the Irish people, and asked why so many Americans self-identify as "Black Irish", believing themselves descended from survivors of the Spanish Armada which wrecked off the west coast of Ireland.
Having shown the flaws in this folk history, in Part 2 of "Black Paddywhackery" we explore the true origins of those who call themselves "Black Irish".
Having shown the flaws in this folk history, in Part 2 of "Black Paddywhackery" we explore the true origins of those who call themselves "Black Irish".
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