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It’s a terse summation of the job discrimination that Irish immigrants faced in America in the mid-19th century: “No Irish need apply.”

The phrase turned up in The Times in a classified ad on Nov. 10, 1854:

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It was the first of many. “No Irish need apply” turned up at least 29 times in Times classifieds advertising for jobs, and the sentiment was wider than the frequency of those exact words. A variation, “Irish need not apply,” turned up at least 7 times, and there were other examples, from “No Irishman need apply” to “Irishmen need not apply,” to the simple, brutal “No Irish.”