Name: Stephen Brighton compares Beaver Island and Maryland Irish settlement archaeology, 2010
Start: 2010-07
End: 2010-07
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 2010-07
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritageeducationirish-arranmorecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2010 Beacon reported Stephen A. Brighton’s presentation comparing archaeological evidence from an Irish settlement in Texas, Maryland, with questions raised by Beaver Island’s Irish history. The article connects material culture, labor, church-centered community, and the role of social obligations in immigrant settlements.

Evidence limits

This preserves a newspaper account of a presentation and its comparison. It does not establish a direct genealogical or archaeological equivalence between the Maryland settlement and Beaver Island.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 2010, "Here or There, Irish Immigrants Remained True Green."
Reports Stephen A. Brighton’s presentation linking archaeology of a County Roscommon settlement in Texas, Maryland, to questions about Beaver Island Irish community formation, material culture, church life, labor, and social obligations. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2010, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the archaeology feature.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Stephen Brighton compares Beaver Island and Maryland Irish settlement archaeology, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-irish-immigrants-remained-true-green-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2010, "Here or There, Irish Immigrants Remained True Green." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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