Irish artifacts dug up in Baltimore County

(Baltimore Sun) - ... At the end of Church Lane, just off York Road in Cockeysville, Brighton is leading about a dozen archaeology students in what historians believe is the first survey of an Irish immigrant village in the United States. The students have unearthed numerous bottles, coins, buttons and shards of pottery that help tell the story of the Irish quarry workers and their families, who settled the area and named it Texas, after the original destination that they never reached. Continued

Photo: 163 Church Street, Texas, Baltimore County, MD (Library of Congress).