https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-paddy-took-on-the-ku-klux-klan

"More often than not, Klan rallies went like this: They showed up in large numbers, the local power-brokers kept the police in check, crosses were burned, speeches were made about how Catholics, blacks and Jews were ruining America, and off the Klan rode to do the same thing in another town."

sounds familiar. don't forget how hard the irish Catholics were hated in this country. everybody forgets that…except for the irish.