2023's Most Irish Cities in America

Image showing a group of friends wearing St. Patrick's day-themed attire to celebrate the holiday

Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but which of the 200 biggest U.S. cities really know how to celebrate the Celtic spirit?

To mark Irish American Heritage Month, LawnStarter ranked 2023’s Most Irish Cities in America.

We looked beyond green bloodlines — we also looked at access to Irish pubs, dance schools, and social groups among 10 total indicators of Irishness.

See how much luck your city carries in our ranking below. You’ll also find highlights and lowlights from our data crunching, along with tips on the best ways to learn about Irish culture from Irish historians.

City Rankings
Highlights and Lowlights
Ask the Experts
Behind the Ranking
Local Tips

City Rankings

Which cities are wearing the green?

Overall Rank (1=Most Irish)	City	State	Overall Score	Community Rank	Food and Drink Rank	Cultural Enrichment Rank	Organizations Rank
1	New York	NY	68.37	1	1	2	1
2	Chicago	IL	56.4	9	3	1	4
3	Boston	MA	42.36	2	2	4	4
4	Philadelphia	PA	38.49	3	8	7	3
5	San Francisco	CA	34.52	65	4	3	2
6	Pittsburgh	PA	31.96	5	39	13	10
7	Denver	CO	29.65	21	14	5	63
8	San Diego	CA	29.3	50	10	9	6
9	Seattle	WA	29.08	13	5	45	13
10	Omaha	NE	28	6	67	12	149
11	Naperville	IL	27.28	4	103	80	58
12	Buffalo	NY	26.97	28	56	14	12
13	Los Angeles	CA	25.8	87	15	6	7
14	Worcester	MA	25.77	8	77	97	58
15	Spokane	WA	25.69	10	49	68	70
16	Portland	OR	25.01	14	17	23	159
17	Washington	DC	24.87	79	12	8	54
18	Syracuse	NY	24.45	25	56	51	55
19	Colorado Springs	CO	24.42	27	38	33	63
20	Minneapolis	MN	24.34	33	13	26	77
21	Phoenix	AZ	24.33	35	30	37	57
22	Scottsdale	AZ	24.13	18	58	34	82
23	Columbus	OH	23.99	16	22	54	128
24	Fort Collins	CO	23.12	15	89	117	63
25	Louisville	KY	22.71	11	32	68	176
26	Overland Park	KS	22.48	7	108	93	178
27	Eugene	OR	22.05	12	116	83	159
28	Madison	WI	22.05	17	103	60	133
29	Austin	TX	22	42	47	30	77
30	St. Paul	MN	21.95	44	60	27	77
31	St. Petersburg	FL	21.57	30	39	72	82
32	Virginia Beach	VA	21.4	26	35	34	178
33	Lakewood	CO	21.39	24	139	127	63
34	St. Louis	MO	21.33	53	11	23	149
35	Huntington Beach	CA	21.2	40	71	99	15
36	Boise	ID	21.17	19	76	52	178
37	Cape Coral	FL	20.84	31	66	88	82
38	Cleveland	OH	20.62	72	26	17	124
39	Charleston	SC	20.53	46	31	50	128
40	Rochester	NY	20.39	100	41	31	8
41	Des Moines	IA	20.32	22	131	53	178
42	Raleigh	NC	20.12	76	37	11	149
43	Roseville	CA	20.11	55	93	99	15
44	Yonkers	NY	20.1	67	27	124	10
45	Indianapolis	IN	20.07	49	34	29	159
46	Peoria	AZ	19.92	29	142	131	82
47	Lexington	KY	19.7	32	63	55	178
48	Santa Rosa	CA	19.64	56	77	124	15
49	Tacoma	WA	19.62	51	52	88	70
50	Wichita	KS	19.53	47	160	18	178
51	Joliet	IL	19.44	52	127	110	58
52	Reno	NV	19.35	39	64	67	149
53	Fort Lauderdale	FL	19.29	78	29	36	77
54	Dayton	OH	19.17	57	99	40	133
55	Jacksonville	FL	18.91	64	85	57	82
56	Knoxville	TN	18.82	54	36	32	178
57	Cincinnati	OH	18.78	58	59	65	124
58	Tucson	AZ	18.77	73	50	48	82
59	Surprise	AZ	18.77	37	83	159	82
60	Kansas City	MO	18.76	34	71	144	147
61	Lincoln	NE	18.65	23	108	158	159
62	Sioux Falls	SD	18.64	38	97	78	159
63	Alexandria	VA	18.43	36	42	86	178
64	Akron	OH	18.39	45	127	81	133
65	Toledo	OH	18.35	41	108	94	133
66	Charlotte	NC	18.23	83	19	27	149
67	Las Vegas	NV	18.2	85	6	57	149
68	Rockford	IL	18.2	74	97	91	58
69	Olathe	KS	18.19	20	177	152	178
70	Vancouver	WA	18.11	61	61	132	70
71	Dallas	TX	18.1	136	23	10	76
72	Nashville	TN	17.96	69	44	21	178
73	Houston	TX	17.75	130	21	15	69
74	Tulsa	OK	17.63	66	51	61	149
75	Port St. Lucie	FL	17.62	43	108	189	82
76	Oklahoma City	OK	17.4	71	71	42	159
77	Tampa	FL	17.37	92	9	73	82
78	Sacramento	CA	17.13	120	53	47	15
79	Baltimore	MD	16.99	123	24	16	124
80	Savannah	GA	16.9	103	33	25	133
81	Huntsville	AL	16.88	75	117	44	175
82	Henderson	NV	16.86	48	131	132	149
83	Fort Wayne	IN	16.83	62	62	83	159
84	Albuquerque	NM	16.74	82	28	65	133
85	Mesa	AZ	16.65	70	93	110	82
86	New Orleans	LA	16.64	132	45	49	13
87	Anchorage	AK	16.63	60	48	99	159
88	Chandler	AZ	16.31	80	77	90	82
89	Milwaukee	WI	16.31	126	25	22	81
90	Thornton	CO	16.21	77	177	155	63
91	Springfield	MA	16.13	95	85	124	55
92	Oceanside	CA	16.11	101	81	145	15
93	Tempe	AZ	16.03	86	106	91	82
94	Atlanta	GA	16	122	16	38	124
95	Springfield	MO	15.99	63	71	127	159
96	Orlando	FL	15.95	134	7	39	82
97	San Antonio	TX	15.87	127	42	20	82
98	Aurora	IL	15.7	106	127	74	58
99	Grand Rapids	MI	15.7	91	103	41	159
100	Richmond	VA	15.53	105	46	19	176
101	Chesapeake	VA	15.52	59	142	97	178
102	Fort Worth	TX	15.45	99	85	68	82
103	Modesto	CA	15.44	108	117	117	15
104	Salem	OR	15.4	68	93	141	149
105	Denton	TX	15.15	90	160	99	82
106	Santa Clarita	CA	15.1	114	108	123	15
107	Aurora	CO	14.96	96	117	146	63
108	Norfolk	VA	14.8	94	99	43	178
109	Long Beach	CA	14.76	141	20	74	15
110	Elk Grove	CA	14.68	116	177	139	15
111	Torrance	CA	14.51	115	160	152	15
112	San Jose	CA	14.35	144	65	56	15
113	Providence	RI	14.34	93	68	79	159
114	Tallahassee	FL	14.12	97	108	132	82
115	Frisco	TX	13.97	98	160	132	82
116	Salt Lake City	UT	13.96	113	53	63	133
117	Chattanooga	TN	13.77	88	93	94	178
118	Glendale	AZ	13.72	102	142	146	82
119	Rancho Cucamonga	CA	13.68	125	151	177	15
120	Oakland	CA	13.56	140	81	108	15
121	McKinney	TX	13.52	109	91	110	82
122	Murfreesboro	TN	13.51	81	160	110	178
123	Clarksville	TN	13.47	84	117	117	178
124	Waco	TX	13.42	104	160	117	82
125	Orange	CA	13.42	128	142	177	15
126	Plano	TX	13.27	111	139	110	82
127	Warren	MI	13.06	89	117	168	159
128	Lubbock	TX	12.95	117	160	105	82
129	Bakersfield	CA	12.92	153	151	63	15
130	Little Rock	AR	12.56	129	77	74	133
131	Escondido	CA	12.52	143	108	140	15
132	Kansas City	KS	12.38	112	177	59	178
133	Fullerton	CA	12.35	139	160	189	15
134	Amarillo	TX	12.31	110	151	189	82
135	Bellevue	WA	12.27	131	99	159	70
136	Fresno	CA	12.25	146	151	132	15
137	Irvine	CA	12.24	142	151	159	15
138	Riverside	CA	12.01	147	142	146	15
139	Arlington	TX	11.94	133	117	99	82
140	Fayetteville	NC	11.81	119	142	87	159
141	Pasadena	CA	11.8	148	142	152	15
142	Mobile	AL	11.76	107	69	99	178
143	Corona	CA	11.09	155	142	155	15
144	Greensboro	NC	11.07	137	83	74	159
145	Sunnyvale	CA	11.07	157	91	159	15
146	Durham	NC	10.85	118	85	168	159
147	Carrollton	TX	10.84	135	177	159	82
148	Baton Rouge	LA	10.78	150	177	105	70
149	Winston-Salem	NC	10.72	121	151	146	159
150	Glendale	CA	10.72	164	177	177	9
151	Fremont	CA	10.28	161	160	177	15
152	Newport News	VA	10.25	124	131	127	178
153	Lancaster	CA	9.94	165	177	146	15
154	Shreveport	LA	9.79	158	177	132	70
155	Anaheim	CA	9.75	169	131	141	15
156	Garland	TX	9.73	145	177	168	82
157	Jersey City	NJ	9.71	151	69	117	128
158	Columbus	GA	9.54	149	117	117	133
159	Hollywood	FL	9.49	159	89	115	82
160	Corpus Christi	TX	9.43	152	106	146	82
161	Hampton	VA	9.35	138	142	105	178
162	Memphis	TN	9.08	156	55	62	178
163	Stockton	CA	9.07	174	151	159	15
164	Garden Grove	CA	9.04	173	151	168	15
165	Hayward	CA	9.02	175	177	159	15
166	Chula Vista	CA	8.42	177	160	189	15
167	San Bernardino	CA	8.14	182	177	177	15
168	Ontario	CA	8.09	183	177	168	15
169	Macon	GA	8.05	154	160	189	133
170	Augusta	GA	8	167	151	82	133
170	Mesquite	TX	8	163	177	177	82
172	Killeen	TX	7.95	162	177	189	82
173	Honolulu	HI	7.93	172	18	115	133
174	El Paso	TX	7.7	179	139	83	82
175	Palmdale	CA	7.68	184	177	189	15
176	Pembroke Pines	FL	7.66	166	117	168	82
177	North Las Vegas	NV	7.54	160	135	168	149
178	Fontana	CA	7.51	185	177	189	15
179	Oxnard	CA	7.25	188	125	159	15
180	Santa Ana	CA	7.04	193	160	127	15
181	Pasadena	TX	6.85	171	177	189	82
182	Detroit	MI	6.84	191	71	46	147
183	Moreno Valley	CA	6.75	189	160	189	15
184	Irving	TX	6.72	176	160	155	82
184	Salinas	CA	6.72	190	177	177	15
186	Grand Prairie	TX	6.69	180	160	141	82
187	Pomona	CA	6.59	192	177	159	15
188	Bridgeport	CT	6.52	178	127	109	133
189	West Valley City	UT	6.2	170	160	189	133
190	Miami	FL	5.87	194	125	71	82
191	Montgomery	AL	5.66	168	177	132	178
192	Birmingham	AL	5.35	181	108	94	178
193	McAllen	TX	5.1	187	135	168	82
194	Miramar	FL	3.88	195	177	177	82
195	Jackson	MS	3.04	186	135	177	178
196	Paterson	NJ	2.8	196	177	168	128
197	Newark	NJ	2.78	197	102	177	128
198	Brownsville	TX	2.73	199	135	177	82
199	Laredo	TX	2.57	198	160	189	82
200	Hialeah	FL	2.18	200	177	177	82

Infographic showing the Most Irish Cities in America, a ranking based on Irish population and access to Irish pubs, dance schools, social groups, and more — ***Note:*** *For presentation purposes, not all ties may be displayed for some metrics above.*

Highlights and Lowlights

It’s Paddy Time in New York

The Big (Green) Apple is our Most Irish City this year, leaving our previous gold medalist, Boston, green with envy.

How did New York riverdance its way to the top spot? The city dominated three out of four categories and finished just behind Chicago in Cultural Enrichment — despite Irish Americans making up a tiny fraction, 4.4%, of the city’s total population.

By sheer number, though, New York is home to the most Irish Americans, over 386,000 as of 2021, nearly double the group’s size in Chicago.

Generally, the larger a cultural group, the higher the demand for culturally specific amenities in their area, such as Irish pubs, Irish social groups, and Irish dance schools, all of which are most abundant in New York City.

An Unlikely Paddy Destination

While the biggest U.S. cities traditionally put on the largest and most popular St. Patrick’s Day parades, there’s one other city in the Heartland that can indulge the party animal in you.

No, it’s not Chicago, Minneapolis, or St. Louis.

At No. 50 overall, Wichita, Kansas, is a pot of gold when it comes to St. Pat’s celebrations, ranking No. 9 in this particular metric — even above more Irish cities like Philadelphia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

This might come as a surprise, but Kansas’ connection to Ireland stretches back centuries. According to the Kansas Historical Society, most immigrants to Kansas arrived from Ireland in 1870. And the Kansas Jayhawk? The men’s basketball team mascot traces its roots to Irish folklore.

Low in Green Blood, High in Green Spirit

The cities with the smallest Irish American populations — both in number and proportion — unsurprisingly landed at the bottom of our ranking. They include cities like Hialeah, Florida, in last place and Laredo, Texas, just ahead of it.

Paterson, New Jersey (No. 196), counts among them, too. The Irish were once the dominant culture here — its Dublin neighborhood still exists — but waves of new immigrants have transformed the face of the city.

However, the lack of Irish residents in these cities today doesn’t mean they aren’t welcome. You’ll find Irish pubs, for example, in Newark, New Jersey (No. 197), Jackson, Mississippi (No. 195), and Birmingham, Alabama (No. 192).

In Miramar, Florida (No. 194), and McAllen, Texas (No. 193), you have an excuse to don your greenest outfit — each city hosts St. Paddy’s celebrations.

Ask The Experts

We all could think a little more “green” by understanding one of the biggest ethnic groups in America and its traditions.

To help our readers with their “Irishification,” LawnStarter reached out to researchers who study Irish culture. See what they had to say below.

What are the three best ways to learn about Irish culture?
What’s the best way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year?
What Irish cultural practices have had the biggest influence on modern U.S. culture?

Karen Sonnelitter

Assistant Professor of History

Mary C. Kelly

Historian and Director of the Global Irish Studies Certificate Program

Karen Sonnelitter

Assistant Professor of History

Siena College

Karen Sonnelitter

Assistant Professor of History

Siena College

What are the three best ways to learn about Irish culture?

1. Depending on your city, there may be an Irish cultural center or a branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Cultural centers are great ways to learn about Irish music, arts, dancing, and sports. Many of them also offer Irish language classes.

There might even be an annual Irish festival in your community.

2. Even if your city doesn’t have an Irish cultural center, it probably has an Irish pub. Irish pubs started appearing in the U.S. in the 19th century during a huge wave of Irish immigration. Lots of pubs put on traditional Irish music sessions, so that’s a great way to experience Irish culture.

3. You can also learn about Irish culture without leaving your home. You can start learning the Irish language (Gaelic) using apps like Duolingo, and there are plenty of online communities where people connect to learn the Irish language.

Increasingly, many Irish cultural events are also available online. The Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany, New York, now livestreams most of its events via its Facebook page.

What’s the best way to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this year?

Many cities are reinstating their annual St. Patrick’s Day parades this year, so attending one of those is always a good way to celebrate. Heading to an Irish pub for a pint of Guinness is always a great way to celebrate.

The traditional Irish-American celebration is to make corned beef and cabbage. This isn’t a common celebration in Ireland. Instead, this meal became popular with 19th-century Irish immigrants. But for many Irish American families, a St. Patrick’s Day dinner of corned beef and cabbage, along with Irish soda bread, is a cherished tradition.

So, you can always choose to stay in with a good meal and try your hand at baking your own soda bread. Soda bread is quick bread that was being made in Ireland as far back as 1836.

What Irish cultural practices have had the biggest influence on modern U.S. culture?

The Irish have been coming to the United States since before we were the United States. But the 19th century saw a huge wave of immigration beginning with the Great Famine in Ireland.

It was this wave of emigration that transformed many American cities, and chances are most of the cities on this list began to be seen as Irish cities during that era. This wave of Irish immigrants helped to build massive infrastructure projects such as the Erie Canal or the transcontinental railway.

There are tons of lingering effects from the ubiquity of Irish surnames to the presence of Irish pubs everywhere. Thirty-one and a half million Americans claim some Irish descent.

One of the biggest ways the effects of this immigration lingers is through our St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Back in the 19th century, Irish immigrants faced considerable discrimination, but these days everyone is a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.

Mary C. Kelly

Historian and Director of the Global Irish Studies Certificate Program

Franklin Pierce University

Mary C. Kelly

Historian and Director of the Global Irish Studies Certificate Program

Franklin Pierce University

What are the three best ways to learn about Irish culture?

1. Visit Ireland. May to September is an ideal timeframe to plan a visit, with May to June and September offering good possibilities of fine weather, shorter queues at popular historical sites and attractions, cheaper fares and accommodations, and greater choice in flight options and hotels, B&Bs, and Airbnb availability.

Travel around the coast, across the midlands, around Ulster — the country is travel-friendly in terms of public transportation or car hire, and you will learn so much about Irish culture.

2. Read Irish history, fiction, and poetry. The breadth of focus stretches from studies of monastic centers of learning in the Middle Ages to post Celtic-Tiger Ireland today, and the wealth of historical and literary offerings will engage you deeply with the national culture.

Irish literature is world-renowned, from canonical writers and poets such as Swift, Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, Shaw, and Heaney to newer stars like Sally Rooney and Donal Ryan — reading Irish authors will educate you on Ireland in deep and satisfying ways.

3. Identify a cultural theme to explore and pursue it by means of online, film, and published sources. Such themes might include Irish folklore, traditional crafts, pilgrimage sites, or sports played in Ireland. Your selected focus will draw you in to an Irish cultural cornerstone and assuredly educate you on what it means to be Irish.

What’s the best way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year?

Watch one of the recent historical or cultural documentaries on a selected aspect of Ireland (for example, “The Hunger, The Story of the Irish Famine of the 1840s” or “The Burren: Heart of Stone”). And offer a greeting for the big day in Irish: La Fhéile Phadraig shona dhuitse!

What Irish cultural practices have had the biggest influence on modern U.S. culture?

The legacy of Irish arrival and settlement in America is a rich incorporation of a broad spectrum of influences and effects.

From historic neighborhoods where Irish Famine refugees settled, such as the Five Points and Bowery in New York or the old North End in Boston, to the ethnic foundations they established in spheres of politics, education, and business, the Irish imprint is deep and enduring.

The range of Irish Studies academic programs, Irish-themed dramatic-arts outlets, Irish clothing and crafts, and general interest in all things Irish across the United States continues to expand, and the reach is extraordinary.

And celebration of immigrant Irish achievement in these forms has become as much a part of the deeper meaning of St. Patrick’s Day as the more visible forms of engagement we witness on the day.

Behind the Ranking

For each of the 200 biggest U.S. cities, we gathered publicly available data on the factors listed in the table below.

We then grouped those factors into four categories: Community, Food and Drink, Cultural Enrichment, and Organizations.

Next, we calculated weighted scores for each city in each category.

Finally, we averaged the scores for each city across all categories.

The city that earned the highest average score was ranked “Most Irish” (No. 1), while the city with the lowest was ranked “Least Irish” (No. 200).

Notes:

The “Least Irish” among individual factors may not be No. 200 due to ties among cities.
“Local” and “State Irish organizations” include, among others, Irish cultural and heritage centers and clubs; museums; dance schools; libraries; immigration, legal, and welfare support centers; and networking associations.

Metric	Weighting	Lowest Value	Highest Value	Best
Community
Irish Population	5	413	386,020	Highest
Share of Irish Population	5	0.18%	15.13%	Highest
Food and Drink
Number of Irish Restaurants and Pubs	3	0	124	Highest
Number of Fish and Chips Vendors	0.5	0	101
Cultural Enrichment
Number of St. Patrick's Day Events	5	0	222	Highest
Number of Irish Cultural Groups	1	0	12	Highest
Number of Irish Dance Schools	1	0	14	Highest
Number of Irish Landmarks	0.5	0	4	Highest
Organizations
Number of Local Irish Organizations	2	0	26	Highest
Number of State Irish Organizations	1	0	6	Highest

Sources: Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers, Global Irish, Google Events, The Ireland Funds, Irish-American Heritage Museum, Irish Network USA, Mark Holan’s Irish-American Blog, Meetup, Transceltic, TripAdvisor, and U.S. Census Bureau

Local Tips

Finding corned beef and green beer throughout the year can be like searching for a four-leaf clover. Not now.

For those who claim Irish ancestry — and everyone else — a green March Madness is already in full swing. Check out the slideshow below to help you plan your St. Patrick’s Day itinerary in our top five Most Irish Cities in America.

A large group of bagpipers formed by U.S. Army soldiers leads the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade up 5th Avenue. — **New York:** Be among the 2 million spectators at the country’s biggest and oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a six-hour-long line of Irish dancers, bagpipers, and jugglers marching down Fifth Avenue.

Crowd-averse? Buy an all-day pass for $30 to “40 Shades of Green,” a *slightly* more intimate, six-hour event featuring 50 music and dance acts at the New York Irish Center. Don’t forget to stop by St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a bucket-list landmark for any architecture-obsessed tourist but especially Irish Catholics.

Photo Credit: New York National Guard / Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0

A female Irish dance trio performs at Celtic Fest in Chicago. — **Chicago:** Few cities dye their rivers green for St. Paddy’s Day. Witness the dyeing process at the Riverwalk on March 11 at 10 a.m., but get there early to secure the best viewing spot.

The McNulty School of Irish Dance traces its humble beginnings to the Windy City, more specifically its suburb Naperville, which has the highest share of Irish residents. If you missed their March 5 performance, you can book the dancers for your own private event or enroll your kids in the McNulty program to keep your Irish heritage alive.

Photo Credit: goatling (cropped) / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

A statue of an Irish family of three, forming part of the Irish Famine Memorial along the Irish Heritage Trail, stands in the foreground surrounded by community members. — **Boston:** Stop by one — or all — of the top Irish restaurants and pubs in (Green) Bean Town. Watch a rugby game at the Banshee, catch fiddlers at Mr. Dooley’s Tavern (if you’re lucky), or snap a selfie for the ’Gram at L Street Tavern, where scenes of “Good Will Hunting” were filmed.

When you’re not downing a pint of Guinness, explore dozens of the city’s Irish-themed sites and landmarks through a three-mile, self-guided tour on the Irish Heritage Trail.

Photo Credit: Robert Linsdell / Flickr / CC BY 2.0

Members of the Rosenbach Museum & Library and Spiral Q Puppet Theatre parade on a Boston Street, featuring Bram Stoker's famous vampire novel, “Dracula.” — **Philadelphia:** Get a taste of the Old Country at favorite local haunts like McGillin’s (open since Abraham Lincoln was elected), Moriarty’s (hailed for its extensive menu of traditional Irish fare), and Fergie’s (TV-free so you can focus on your pint and posse).

Lit fan? Experience history at your fingertips — literally — by visiting The Rosenbach Museum & Library, where you can touch over 100 pages of Irish author Bram Stoker’s notes and outlines on his famous vampire novel, “Dracula.”

Photo Credit: Pablo Virgo / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

A close-up, focused shot of the Irish Coffee at The Buena Vista in San Francisco, recreated from the original version invented at the Shannon Airport in Ireland — **San Francisco:** At the popular Irish Times, enjoy classics like a traditional Irish breakfast, or indulge your palate with menu choices that marry Irish and other cultures. Try their “Irish” nachos or poutine.

Nostalgic expats must include The Buena Vista in their itinerary. Here, you can grab an Irish Coffee, recreated from the original version invented at the Shannon Airport in Ireland. Once you’ve filled up on caffeine and rashers, head over to the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco for a deep dive into Irish history and culture — or to score some Irish goodies.

Photo Credit: isuperwang / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

You don’t need the luck of the Irish to keep your grass brilliantly green, so stop looking for that four-leaf clover and hire a local LawnStarter pro instead.

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Contents

City Rankings

Highlights and Lowlights

It’s Paddy Time in New York

An Unlikely Paddy Destination

Low in Green Blood, High in Green Spirit

Ask The Experts

Behind the Ranking

Local Tips

Richie Bernardo