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PAID: CLARK: Yes, there were early Irish in Wausau

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PAID: CLARK: Yes, there were early Irish in Wausau

We asked the Marathon County Historical Society to look at this, here's what Ben Clark could find and had to say about these early settlers out here in Wisconsin.

Wausau Sentinel Contributors
Mar 17
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PAID: CLARK: Yes, there were early Irish in Wausau

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This St. Patrick’s Day, people will head out into Wausau and mark March’s most significant celebration. They will enjoy corned beef, green beer and, while Irish settler questions always come up for the Marathon County Historical Society every time we wear green, we do not have good answers for them just quite yet.

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