On March 17 almost everyone in the US claims to have some Irish blood. St. Patrick’s day is a great excuse to wear green, ...

Erie's St. Patrick's Day parade is this weekend. How many people can claim Irish heritage in the city and county?

What is the most common surname in Ireland? What is the most common surname for babies born in Ireland? This is the most ...

The Maine Irish Heritage Center helps people learn more about their ancestry through DNA testing and historic research.

Axios Visuals People with Irish ancestry comprise roughly 7.5% of San Francisco County's population, but that percentage will seem a lot higher this weekend as the U.S. celebrates St. Patrick's Day.

Although you don’t have to be Irish to raise a pint or dig into some corned beef this March, there are plenty of people who ...

Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, the president talked up the “unstoppable spirit of ...

Axios Visuals Nearly 12% of Cuyahoga County residents report Irish ancestry, per U.S. Census data. State of play: That makes us a bit more Irish than the national average and right in the middle of ...

Lackawanna County has the highest percentage of residents reporting Irish ancestry in Pennsylvania. Two Pocono counties are ...

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 ...