{"id":232703,"date":"2026-03-04T16:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/?p=232703"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:18:54","slug":"spring-lake-irish-riviera-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"This Jersey Shore Town is Known as the Irish Riviera of New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-800x533.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-263x175.png 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">History<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March is the time of year when Irish-Americans pick out their best green attire and tell you stories over <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/best-irish-pubs-jersey-shore-nj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pints<\/a> about how their great-great-grandparents came from a tiny town in rural Ireland so many years ago. There\u2019s one New Jersey town that is so full of Irish heritage, it\u2019s known as the Irish Riviera. The history of Spring Lake shows it was popular among the Irish population making a home in America back in the late 1800s into the 1900s. The ancestry runs deep, with over 40% of residents reporting Irish heritage in recent years. <\/span><b>Read on to learn about why Spring Lake in New Jersey is known as the \u201cIrish Riviera.\u201d&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-232715\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-800x533.png\" alt=\"irish flag spring lake\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera-263x175.png 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/spring-lake-irish-riviera.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the late 1800s, many Philadelphians and New York City residents traveled to Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore for fresh air and time by the beach. Not much has changed, including the fact that early real estate investors saw the shore communities as ripe for investment. Several \u2018grand hotels\u2019 sprang up, including the Allaire Hotel, Monmouth House, and others. These early hotels were at the front edge of a wave of development, as more housing was needed for the workers at these properties, and more modest homes were built for those who wanted the Spring Lake experience without the price tag.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A prominent Spring Lake resident at the time, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jerseyshorescene.com\/spring-lake-our-very-own-irish-riviera\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Martin Maloney<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, had a significant impact on the town\u2019s footprint and cultural makeup. The two most important things to Mr. Maloney were his family and his faith. He purchased a cottage in Spring Lake in 1892, and from there, went on to build several residential properties throughout the town. Mr. Maloney was a wealthy and successful businessman who had emigrated to the US from Ireland as a child. He did many things in his career, but was perhaps best known for patenting a gas lamp that was used to provide lighting at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876. This work led to other cities throughout the US contracting with Mr. Maloney for his streetlamps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/asbury-park-st-patricks-day-parade-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Asbury Park St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade: Date, Route + Events Guide<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Maloney\u2019s wealth and influence meant that prominent Irish, and Catholics, were frequently visiting Spring Lake to meet with him, taking their impressions of the community back to their hometowns.&nbsp; Mr. Maloney is also responsible for one of the town\u2019s most iconic landmarks, which he had built as a tribute to his deceased daughter. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On St. Patrick\u2019s Day in 1901, workers laid the cornerstone of St. Catharine Roman Catholic Church in Spring Lake. The church was built in Renaissance architecture to resemble St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City and includes frescoes that depict life in medieval and modern Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As far as the term \u201cIrish Riviera\u201d goes, it is reported that it was coined in the 1970s as part of a marketing effort by the operators of the Allaire hotel, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springlakehistoricalsociety.org\/history\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Lake Historical Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Many believe that this is in reference to how many Spring Lake residents claim Irish heritage: in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statisticalatlas.com\/place\/New-Jersey\/Spring-Lake\/Ancestry\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2000 Census<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, approximately 44% of residents had Irish ancestry.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indeed, Spring Lake had become a resort town with, to coin a phrase, \u201cit\u2019s Irish showing.\u201d Dorothy Lau, an Irish-American resident, with a long-time interest in the history of Spring Lake, believes it was \u201cthe hotels in the 1920\u2019s that first coined it as the \u201cIrish Riviera\u201d to promote it to wealthy Irish clients and it stuck.\u201d According to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Spring Lake History<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Robert White, Spring Lake determined early on that it would have a boardwalk without \u201cfanfare amusements\u201d and appeal as a more family resort.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Other Irish Rivieras<\/h3>\n<p>There are several other coastal towns in the United States known as Irish Rivieras because of their strong Irish-American population. In Massachusetts, there&#8217;s a major hub of Irish-American towns along the South Shore. It includes Scituate (often called the most Irish town in America), Marshfield, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Braintree, Avon, and Milton. In New York, Breezy Point in Queens is known for its Irish-American culture. Michigan City, Indiana, and New Buffalo, Michigan, are two towns both on Lake Michigan with a strong Irish-American presence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Spring Lake Today&nbsp;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irish culture is still alive and well in Spring Lake, present in bars, restaurants, and shops throughout the town.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssgpub.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St. Stephen\u2019s Green Publick House<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> | 2035 NJ-71<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This beloved restaurant has a cozy Irish pub atmosphere and live music. The menu has plenty of traditional Irish dishes, like Guinness beef stew, fish and chips, bangers and mash, and more. The name is a nod to the park with the same name in Dublin.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>See More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/irish-bars-hoboken-jersey-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irish Bars in Hoboken + Jersey City<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/irishcentre.net\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Irish Centre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> | 1120 3rd Avenue<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This cute shop sells Irish clothing and jewelry. The boutique reportedly sells the largest collection of Belleek China outside of Ireland, and carries Waterford Crystal, traditional Aran knitwear, and other Celtic jewelry.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Lake Irish Festival<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On June 13th, the community will hold the annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitspringlake.com\/event\/irish-festival-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Lake Irish Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, celebrating all things Irish. There will be live music, food trucks, performances, and tons of local vendors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow&nbsp;<a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/thejerseyshoregirl_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thejerseyshoregirl_<\/a>&nbsp;on Instagram for the latest Jersey Shore updates, sign up for our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twilight-lion-90332.myflodesk.com\/jrf4qhj7qk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weekly newsletter<\/a>, and check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events calendar<\/a>&nbsp;featuring 40+ local events every week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"categories\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HistoryMarch is the time of year when Irish-Americans pick out their best green attire and tell you stories over pints about how&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":232715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9479,9660,9640,9648,9593],"tags":[9662,9673,9678,9755],"class_list":["post-232703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-events-news","category-news","category-jersey-shore-towns","category-spring-lake","category-local-girl-rss-feed","tag-history","tag-jersey-shore","tag-new-jersey","tag-tlg"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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