

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Irish of Portland
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Explore the history of the Irish in Portland, Maine, with local author, genealogist, and historian Matthew Jude Barker. Barker will discuss his two books, Becoming American and The Blue and the Green, which cover Portland's Irish community from 1840-1870.

Learn more: https://portlandme.librarycalendar.com/event/blue-and-green-irish-portland-maine-during-civil-war-10078
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/the-irish-of-portland/200029823587051
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 42

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029823587051?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Downtown Library - 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101
- **lat**: 43.65742
- **long**: -70.25865
- **full address**: Downtown Library - 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Portland Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/portland-public-library/9674322)

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Downtown Library - 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Portland Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Irish of Portland ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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