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Topic: Irish-Americans

Conor McGregor speaks from the White House briefing room podium with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, March 17, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Conor McGregor: MAGA's dark leprechaun

Andrew O'Hehir
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin presents President Trump with a bowl of clover during a St. Patrick’s Day event in the East Room of the White House, March 12, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump loves the Irish: Um, great news!

Andrew O'Hehir
AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 STARS REPRESENTING THE COLONIES COLONIAL 1776 REVOLUTION (Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

Irish Americans in the Revolutionary War

Phillip Thomas Tucker
Irish emmigrants sailing to the US during the Great Famine, 1850. (Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Anti-immigrant history repeats itself

Gina Marie Guadagnino
Mick Mulvaney (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Mick Mulvaney: Dark-hearted leprechaun

Andrew O'Hehir
Mike Pence; Kellyanne Conway; Paul Ryan (AP/Michael Conroy/Getty/Mark Wilson/AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Photo montage by Salon)

St. Paddy's Day walk of shame

Andrew O'Hehir
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How my fellow Irish got gross

Andrew O'Hehir