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Irishtown BendIrishtown Bend is an area of Cleveland, Ohio, USA located along the Cuyahoga River in the Flats. The area was developed in the mid 19th century by immigrant Irish who came to the area as laborers for the construction of the cities railways and canal. As the Irish of Cleveland began to join the ranks of the middle class, they left Irishtown and headed for the western suburbs of Lakewood, Fairview Park and West Park (now a neighborhood of Cleveland). The homes the were left behind would become inhabited by Hungarian immigrants for a brief time, then abandoned. Most of the structures were demolished with only a handful of them remaining today. Between the years of 1987 and 1989, an archeology team lead by Dr. Al Lee of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History began to excavate the area. Where the home of Cleveland's first Irish once stood remained many of their possessions, including ceramics and personal effects with a distinct Irish flavor. Based on the findings the area was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the "Irishtown Bend Archaeological District" in 1990.
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