Irish Riviera Explained

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:

• Indiana
  • Michigan City, a city in northwest Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan
• Massachusetts
  • The South Shore, a region south of Boston Harbor along the Atlantic coast, which includes Scituate and Marshfield
    • 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
    • Squantum, a peninsular area of Quincy, directly south of Boston
• 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^[3]
  • Spring Lake, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
  • Sea Girt, 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 ^[4]
  • Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn
  • Rockaway Beach, Queens, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 20 Trips, 10 Cities, 1 Tank of Gas. Travel Channel.
2. Book: Roth, Phillip. American Pastoral. 1997. Houghton Mifflin. 0-395-86021-0.
3. Web site: Belmar Saint Patrick's Day Parade - New Jersey, USA - March 6th, 2011. Ciara. OBrien. February 4, 2011. Irish Celtic Jewels.
4. News: Herszenhorn. David M.. THE CENSUS -- A Region of Enclaves: Breezy Point, Queens; Bounded by Gates, Over a Toll Bridge . . June 18, 2001.
5. Web site: Summer on the Irish Riviera . 2011-07-26 . /sagharboronline.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711211235/http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/our-town/summer-on-the-irish-riviera-13314 . 2011-07-11 . dead .