In the documentary The Urban Irish of Merrill Park, we are given an in depth look at the culture and history of a very specific group of people: Irish-Americans residing in the Merrill Park neighborhood of Milwaukee. This is a great example of modern anthropology, or more specifically ethnography as it deals specifically with one particular community. From watching this documentary, it becomes obvious that, although the inhabitants of Merrill Park share much in common with the rest of Milwaukee, and indeed the rest of the United States, they also have a unique culture, and one that is distinctly of their own making. In this piece of cultural anthropology, we are introduced to the central pieces of Merrill Park culture, what the inhabitants