Irish Riviera is a
slang
Slang is vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. It also sometimes refers to the language generally exclusive to the members of particular in-g ...
expression that can refer to any of several seaside communities in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
with high
population densities of
Irish-Americans
, image = Irish ancestry in the USA 2018; Where Irish eyes are Smiling.png
, image_caption = Irish Americans, % of population by state
, caption = Notable Irish Americans
, population =
36,115,472 (10.9%) alone ...
, including:
*Indiana
**
Michigan City, a city in northwest Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan
*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
South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. South Boston, colloquially known as Southie, has undergone several demographic transformat ...
, a neighborhood of Boston
**The
South Shore, a region south of Boston Harbor along the Atlantic coast, which includes Scituate and Marshfield
**
Squantum, a peninsular area of
Quincy, directly south of Boston
*Michigan
**
New Buffalo, A city on Lake Michigan's Gold Coast
*New Jersey
**
Avon, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
**
Belmar, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
**
Lake Como, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
**
Spring Lake, a borough in central New Jersey on the Atlantic coast
*New York
**
Breezy Point, Queens
Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. The community is run by ...
, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens
**
Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
Gerritsen Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located between Sheepshead Bay to the west and Marine Park to the east. The area is served by Brooklyn Community Board 15. The population of the neighborhood is 4,797 ...
, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn
**
Rockaway Beach, Queens
Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west. It is named for the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, which is the l ...
, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens
References
{{Ethnic enclaves
Irish-American neighborhoods