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Mount Greenwood Fourth Most Irish Neighborhood in the Country

This might explain why St. Patrick's Day is such a big deal in these parts.

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It's probably no surprise to most of us, but recent census data confirms what we all knew. 

Mount Greenwood is one of the nation's most Irish areas, the Huffington Post reports. A full 40.7 percent of all residents claim Irish as their primary ancestry. 

Neighborhoods from Boston make up half of the list, and Mount Greenwood is the only Chicago neighborhood to make an appearance. According to census numbers 7.2 percent of the American population cites Irish as their main ancestry. The number of Americans who claim Irish ancestry is more than five times the entire population of Ireland, the report states.

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The full list of the top 10 most Irish neighborhoods:

America's Top Irish Neighborhoods

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Neighborhood Area Percent Irish Ancestory Breezy Point/Rockaway Point Queens, NY 54.3 Point Lookout Long Island, NY 45.6 Pearl River New York suburb 43.4 Mount Greenwood Chicago 40.7 Walpole Boston suburb 40 Crum Lynne Philadelphia suburb 39.2 South Weymouth Boston suburb 38.6 Abington Boston suburb 38.1 Marshfield Boston suburb 37.5 North Weymouth Boston suburb 37.4

You can also find a full list of the most Irish metro areas.

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