The first book on the coming of the Irish to Vermont: from the Scots-Irish of Londonderry in the 1770s, through the famine Irish marble workers of West Rutland and slate workers of Castleton and Poultney, to politicians like mayors Burke of Burlington and Corry of Montpelier in the early 20th century. A short epilogue recounts the success of Irish American Vermonters in our own day, including Senator Patrick Leahy. Based on extensive research with primary documents, the author describes, era by era, why the Irish left Ireland, how they traveled, what attracted them to Vermont, and how they made new lives for themselves and their descendants throughout the Green Mountain State. Illustrated with a map and forty-six historical photographs and prints.