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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NINA][/quote]

The idea the "No Irish Need Apply" signs were plentiful in America is apparently somewhat of a myth. They were actually more common in London.

[quote]After 1860 many Irish sang songs about signs reading "HELP WANTED – NO IRISH NEED APPLY"; these signs came to be known as "NINA signs." (This is sometimes written as "IRISH NEED NOT APPLY" and referred to as "INNA signs").[5] The 1862 song, "No Irish Need Apply", was inspired by NINA signs in London. Later Irish Americans adapted the lyrics, and the songs perpetuated the belief among Irish Americans that they were discriminated against.[5]
Historians have hotly debated the issue of anti-Irish job discrimination in the United States. Some insist that the "No Irish need apply" signs were common, but one scholar, Richard Jensen, argues that anti-Irish job discrimination was not a significant factor in the United States, these signs and print advertisements being most commonly posted by the limited number of early 19th-century English immigrants to the United States who shared the prejudices of their homeland.[5]
[/quote]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment

Irish immigrants did lead hard lives, but not because people refused to hire them for menial jobs. In fact, menial jobs were about the only ones open to them.
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