{"id":1677,"date":"2009-03-04T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/neither-irish-nor-catholic-need-apply\/"},"modified":"2009-03-04T05:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T05:50:00","slug":"neither-irish-nor-catholic-need-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/neither-irish-nor-catholic-need-apply.html","title":{"rendered":"Neither Irish nor Catholic Need Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Believe it or not, this ad appeared in a New York newspaper in 1843. It reads: \u201cWANTED\u2013 A clean, respectable Protestant girl to do the housework of a small family. Neither Irish nor Catholic need apply. Those having recommendations may apply at 62 Eldridge Street.\u201d A popular song <\/a>of the day spoofed the ad:<\/p>\n

NO IRISH NEED APPLY.
<\/strong>I\u2019m a dacint boy, just landed from the town of Ballyfad;
I want a situation: yis, I want it mighty bad.
I saw a place advartised. It\u2019s the thing for me, says I;
But the dirty spalpeen ended with: No Irish need apply.
Whoo! says I; but that\u2019s an insult\u2014though to get the place I\u2019ll try.
So, I wint to see the blaggar with: No Irish need apply.
I started off to find the house, I got it mighty soon;
There I found the ould chap saited: he was reading the TRIBUNE.
I tould him what I came for, whin he in a rage did fly:
No! says he, you are a Paddy, and no Irish need apply!
Thin I felt my dandher rising, and I\u2019d like to black his eye\u2014To tell an Irish Gintleman: No Irish need apply!
I couldn\u2019t stand it longer: so, a hoult of him I took,And I gave him such a welting as he\u2019d get at Donnybrook.
He hollered: Millia murther! and to get away did try,
And swore he\u2019d never write again: No Irish need apply.
He made a big apology; I bid him thin good-bye,
Saying: Whin next you want a bating, add: No Irish need apply!<\/em><\/p>\n

Sure, I\u2019ve heard that in America it always is the plan
That an Irishman is just as good as any other man;
A home and hospitality they never will deny
The stranger here, or ever say: No Irish need apply.
But some black sheep are in the flock: a dirty lot, say I;
A dacint man will never write: No Irish need apply!
Sure, Paddy\u2019s heart is in his hand, as all the world does know,
His praties and his whiskey he will share with friend or foe;
His door is always open to the stranger passing by;
He never thinks of saying: None but Irish may apply.
And, in Columbia\u2019s history, his name is ranking high;
Thin, the Divil take the knaves that write: No Irish need apply!
Ould Ireland on the battle-field a lasting fame has made;
We all have heard of Meagher\u2019s men, and Corcoran\u2019s brigade.
Though fools may flout and bigots rave, and fanatics may cry,
Yet when they want good fighting-men, the Irish may apply,
And when for freedom and the right they raise the battle-cry,
Then the Rebel ranks begin to think: No Irish need apply.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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