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7 Thaxter St, Hingham, MA 02043, USA
Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, MA
St. Paul's Church, Hingham, MA
St. Paul's Cemetery, Hingham, MA
St. Paul's Church, Hingham, MA
21 Emerald St, Hingham, MA 02043, USA
Crowes Lane, Hingham, MA
Irish immigrants came to Hingham between the 1850s and 1870s. According to the history Not All Is Changed (L.L. and F.R. Hart, 1993, Hingham Historic Commission), the largest number were from County Cork, though Tipperary and other Irish counties were represented among the families who made Hingham their new home.
Those who settled here had little education and chose Hingham for the work opportunities, often in the town’s factories. The immigrant Irish community in Hingham in the late 19th and early 20th century was concentrated in West Hingham. The Irish also settled in smaller residential clusters in other parts of Hingham.