Back when Irish people weren’t considered white, could some Irish people pass as English in colonial America? Do we know of any Irish people that hid their identities?

by mecnerino
Dinocrocodile

You might like this excellent thread on How did "white people" become one race in the United States when there used to be so many nationality distinctions?

Also there are some mixed answers in Why did the English people previously see the Irish and Scottish Celts as racially inferior?