Dozens of ethnic groups in this area have organizations that help new immigrants assimilate. - - Donna Poisl
By STEVEN LEMONGELLO Staff Writer
Cape May County's Ancient Order of Hibernians is part of an Irish-Catholic organization that has been around for 175 years, dating to before the Irish Potato Famine of the late 1840s.
Today the organization, operating out of North Wildwood, still provides a sense of identity to the county's Irish population.
South Jersey has dozens of ethnic groups with organizations that were created to support the first waves of immigrants to arrive here. Those organizations have had to adapt to changing immigration trends, but it's that ability to adapt, organizers say, that has kept their groups strong and vital and made them a significant part of the community.
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