Irish Riviera

Irish Riviera is a slang expression that can refer to any of several seaside communities in the United States with high population densities of Irish-Americans, including:

Massachusetts
Marshfield, a town south of Boston in Plymouth County on the Atlantic coast
Scituate, a town south of Boston in Plymouth County on the Atlantic coast
South Boston, a neighborhood of Boston
The South Shore, a region south of Boston Harbor along the Atlantic coast
Michigan
New Buffalo, A city on Lake Michigan's Gold Coast [1]
New Jersey
Avon, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast [2]
Belmar, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast [3]
Lake Como, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast [4]
Spring Lake, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
New York
Breezy Point, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens [5]
Rockaway Beach, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens [6]
Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn
References
  1. ^ One Tank Wonders - New Buffalo, Michigan
  2. ^ Roth, Phillip (1997). American Pastoral. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395860210. http://books.google.com/books?id=7PbWX0gCQnIC&pg=PT205&lpg=PT205&dq=%22irish+riviera%22+Vermont&source=bl&ots=8N8yB95qos&sig=FEla1FPZ5uUcyHwfq3Jhcxw0_LM&hl=en&ei=cDkuTp7eK4LL0QHd2P3KAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22irish%20riviera%22%20Vermont&f=false. 
  3. ^ Belmar Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
  4. ^ Como region
  5. ^ Herszenhorn, David M. (June 18, 2001). "THE CENSUS". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E3D71331F93BA25755C0A9679C8B63. 
  6. ^ Summer on the Irish Riviera