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Ireland Facts 2, Ireland and the U.S.A. part 1Ireland Facts 2 will deal specifically with the U.S. as it would be impossible to provide Ireland facts without referring to the United States of America. There is a massive bond between the U.S.A. and Ireland,facts that will be obvious from the following statistics.
Ireland facts 2, about Ireland and the U.S.A.Although not an official “federal” holiday in the United States, St. Patrick’s Day has a long history of being celebrated with parades and general goodwill for all things Irish. The day commemorates St. Patrick, believed to have died on March 17, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century. 34.5 million U.S. residents claim Irish ancestry. This number is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself (4.1 million). Irish is the nation’s second most frequently reported ancestry, trailing only those of German ancestry. 24% of Massachusetts residents claim to be of Irish ancestry — about double the national percentage. Over 25,000 U.S. residents state that they speak Irish at home. Over 128,00 is the number of U.S. residents born in Ireland. There are four places named Shamrock in the State, listed in order of population size they are 1.Mount-Gay Shamrock, West Virginia 2.Shamrock, Texas 3. Shamrock Lakes, Indiana 4.Shamrock, Oklahoma There are nine places in the states called Dublin with Dublin, California, overtaking Dublin,Ohio as the most populous. There is a town called Emerald Isle in North Carolina with a ratio of 1 to 6 of Irish descent.
Ireland, facts 2, about Ireland and the U.S.A. part 3.More interesting facts about Ireland.Facts show that over 8 million is the number of St. Patrick’s Day cards Americans exchanged every year, making St.Patrick's Day the ninth-largest card-sending occasion in the United States. 54 is the number of counties where Irish is the largest observed ancestry group. Forty-four of these counties are in the Northeast, with 14 in New York, 11 in Massachusetts and five in New Jersey. 348,978 is the number of Middlesex County, Mass., residents who are of Irish ancestry. Among the 54 counties where Irish is the largest observed ancestry group, Middlesex had the highest population of Irish-Americans, with Norfolk County, Mass., second, with 203,285. 31% is the percentage of the population of Plymouth County, Mass., and Norfolk County, Mass., that is of Irish ancestry. Among the 54 counties where Irish is the largest observed ancestry group, these two counties had the highest rate. Over 4.8 million is the total number of immigrants from Ireland lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence since fiscal year 1820, the earliest year for which official immigration records exist. By fiscal year 1870, about half of these immigrants were admitted for lawful permanent residence. Only Germany, Mexico, Italy and the United Kingdom have had more immigrants admitted for permanent residence to the United States than Ireland. Over a ten month period in 2005 the U.S. exported over $7.5 billion worth of goods to Ireland and imported over $24 billion worth of goods from Ireland. Those really are astounding facts and clearly underline the relationship between Ireland and the U.S. There are many other facts about Ireland back on the Ireland Facts mainpage so make sure to check them out. You will find a huge number of facts on Ireland ranging from the very interesting, to some of the more well known famous facts of Ireland through to the just very weird. When it's about Ireland,facts appear to be never ending.
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