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Helped build the Intercontinental Railway.

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Go to this website for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans

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the sale of beer, whiskey and cigarettes increased by 12% nationally boosting the US economy.

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they helped us dance with only our feet and they brought many new things to america just like all the other cultures.

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