More than 1.9 million Pennsylvanians, or about 14.8%, report having Irish ancestry. That’s second to the 21.7% who report German ancestry, according to Census Bureau data. (Also coming in with higher ...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — We know northeastern and central Pennsylvania take St. Patrick's Day seriously, but just how Irish is our area? Data from the United States Census Bureau shows those Irish roots ...
In ancient times Leitrim formed the western half of the Kingdom of Breifne, which from 1256 onwards was ruled over by the O’Rourke family. The O’Rourke’s heraldic symbol of the lion still has a ...
St. Patrick’s Day is a legal holiday in Suffolk County, but Suffolk is not even close to the most heavily Irish county in the US, according to Census records. In fact, though Irish ancestry is most ...