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🇮🇪 Mapped: Our Irish roots
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Yinz are very Irish.
Why it matters: Irish heritage in Western Pennsylvania runs deep — from the Scots-Irish settlers of the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion to the Irish Catholic influx in the early and mid-1800s and Irish immigrants' role in the steel industry's early labor movement of the 1890s.
Zoom in: There are over 413,000 people reporting Irish ancestry in the Pittsburgh metro area, according to 2024 census data.
- That's nearly 17% of the population.
Zoom out: 9.4% of Americans have Irish ancestry.
The bottom line: We see Ireland's impact on our culture everywhere.
- Our beloved Steelers are owned by an Irish-American family, the Rooneys.
- Our local governments emulated Ireland when adopting home rule charters.
- We're even getting a direct flight to Dublin starting in May.