A. In colonial records there is abundant evidence that intrepid Celts came to these shores from the earliest times. All parts of our country. from the Atlantic seaboard. through the South and West. profited by the steady stream of Irish immigrants from the middle of the seventeenth century. and many of these "exiles of Erin." or their sons. in their new country distinguished themselves in all stations of life. To be precise. we might add that at the time of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States. the South Carolina historian Ramsay wrote: For the last 70 or 80 years no nation has contributed so much to the population of America as Ireland. And Michael OBrien. historiographer of the American Irish Historical Society. citing the words of Sir William Petty.
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