Before this St. Patrick's Day weekend, dig into some census data showing the presence of Irish ancestry around the Commonwealth. Irish eyes are smiling in Virginia. From Lee County to Louisa, Rockbridge to Rappahannock, Virginia is home to about 790,000 people with...
About one in 10 Virginians claim Irish ancestry, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s approximately the proportion for the nation as a whole. About one in 10 Virginians claim Irish ancestry, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census...