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To live in South Boston you really have to be prepared to back up your Irish heritage. Pretty much the same could be said for being on the police force back in those days.

South Boston has always hosted a St Patrick's Day Parade. One year after a gay group was allowed to march in the parade; some local residents threw beer cans at the group. (Full ones.)

This goes back decades ago when the Irish emmigrated to the U.S. after the Irish potato famine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_American#Irish_Immigration_to_America

The major cities were Boston, NYC and Chicago.

BTW Boston has it's italian counterpart of South Boston in the "North End."


The North End houses much of the city's Italian-American population. As a result, the North End is enriched with Italian restaurants and ethnic specialty stores. The influx of Italian inhabitants has left a lasting mark on the area; many seminal Italian American institutions have called Boston's North End their home. Some multi-national Italian products companies that began in the North End include Prince Pasta and the Pastene Corporation.[2] Prince Pasta was begun by 3 Sicilian immigrants Gaetano LaMarco, Giuseppe Seminara, and Michele Cantella. Pastene was formed by Sicilian immigrant Luigi Pastene. Both companies have grown into million dollar a year businesses, and continue to succeed to this day.