An affectionate nickname for the South Shore suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. The "epicenter" of the Irish
Riviera are the towns of Scituate and
Marshfield. However, from north to south, Weymouth, Hingham, Hull,
Cohasset, Duxbury, and Kingston are also considered to be part of the "Riviera."
The close-to-Boston suburbs of Milton, Quincy, and Braintree are arguably considered a part of the "Irish Riviera." They are definitely a part of the South Shore.
Inland South Shore towns including Holbrook, Abington, Rockland, Norwell, Hanover, and Pembroke are often considered part of the "Irish Riviera."
The
Marshfield neighborhood of Fieldston is the most Irish-American section of the second-most Irish-American suburb in the country. The town of
Stoneham, north of Boston, home to figure skater
Nancy Kerrigan, has the highest-percentage of people with Irish ancestry in the USA.