In its embryonic years, St Mary's was an overwhelming Irish Australian parish.
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In the early 19th century, Irish-Australian immigrants referred to the area as Vinegar Hill, after the Battle of Vinegar Hill, an engagement during the 1798 uprising of the United Irishmen in south-east Ireland.
Australian singer-songwriter Graham Dodsworth recorded a version of the song with Irish/Australian singer Claire Peters on his 1998 folk music album 'In Good King Arthur's Day'.
Henry Augustus Ellis (1861–1939), Irish Australian physician and federalist
John Henry MacFarland (1851–1935), Irish–Australian University Chancellor
Father Michael Martin Clancy OSA (1868–1931) was an Irish-Australian Roman Catholic priest.
Patrick Francis Moran (1830–1911), Irish-Australian Catholic archbishop and cardinal
Madden has also performed alongside The Drifters frontman Ben E. King, Peter Baxter and is also a member of Irish-Australian band Tyrella.
Richard Gailey, Irish-Australian architect after whom Gailey Road, Taringa is named.