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Name
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The Manx Diaspora in Greater Cleveland
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Description
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The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History recorded that eventually there were over three thousand Manx people and their descendants in the greater Cleveland area. Most settled outside the city proper, in surrounding townships — Newburgh, Warrensville, and the small settlements along the lake. The community was bound by their own Gaelic language, which they used almost exclusively with each other, giving them what Kinvig described as a reputation for clannishness and allowing him to speak of an unmixed descent to the present day, when the sixth generation had been reached.
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Date
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c.1827–present
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Type
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Diaspora Community
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Source
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Encyclopedia of Cleveland History; Kinvig (1954)
