In the Philadelphia area, almost nothing defines where you're from like your parish affiliation.

In the early days of the Delaware Valley, parishes were closely identified with particular immigrant groups ... Poles, Italians, Irish, and so on.

Some of those parishes still retain the same immigrant associations ... and others have gone on to serve new immigrant groups.

This list is meant to identify parishes throughout the Delaware Valley that have historical associations with the Irish, even if those parishes are no longer truly Irish.

Here are a few:

Philadelphia

St. Aloysius (Grays Ferry)
So. 26th St. at Tasker St.
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Closed, school 1999 / church 2003

St. Augustine (Center City)
243 N. Lawrence St
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 627-1838
http://st-augustinechurch.com/history.html

St. Michael (Northern Liberties)
N. Broad St. & Susquehanna
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Closed: Records at St. Malachy)

Corpus Christi (Hunting Park
2800–2846 W. Allegheny Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Closed 1987

Holy Family (Roxborough/Manayunk)
234 Hermitage St.
Philadelphia, PA 19127

Immaculate Conception (Germantown)
1020 East Price Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19138-1899

St. Athanasius (West Oak Lane)
Philadelphia, PA 19138

St. Brendan (Germantown)
507 Manheim St.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Closed 1934

St. Bridget (East Falls)
3667 Midvale Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19129

St. Columba. now St. Martin de Porres (Swampoodle)
2340 W. Lehigh Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Closed as St. Columba's 1993

St. Gabriel’s (Grays Ferry)
S. 29th and Dickinson Sts.
Philadelphia, PA 19103