Prior to the St. Patrick's Day all day celebrations, they started arriving as early as the 1830s, and then again, in mass, after the famine rocked the Irish old country. They claimed Corktown as their own and even named it after the precious county in beautiful Eire where many of the newly Americanized had left the emerald hills for the Great Lakes. This may … [Read more...] about 5 Best Places to Get Lucky This St. Patrick’s Day