Genealogist Barry Griffin used data from the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses to plot out surnames on the map of Ireland More than 6,000 Irish surnames are included on a website compiled by ...

The interactive map below shows each state’s population percentage of Irish or partially Irish residents. Of any county in the U.S., it’s Cook County, which covers Chicago and the surrounding ...

In addition to the death of one million Irish peasants, the famine also prompted an unprecedented emigration from the Emerald Isle. Now, researchers in Belfast have created an interactive map to ...

The interactive map below shows each state’s population percentage of Irish or partially Irish residents. Of any county in the U.S., it’s Cook County, which covers Chicago and the surrounding ...

For example, the American pronunciation of the surnames Cahill (“KAY-hil”) and Mahony (Ma-OWN-ey) often has Irish people sniggering up their sleeves. But these pronunciations are much closer ...