Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!
Pittsburgh may be most associated with black and
gold, but when it comes to the Irish in the area, they’d
paint the city green. Almost from its founding
there have been Irish in Pittsburgh.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 11 percent of the city’s
population claims some Irish blood, making Pittsburgh home to the ninth largest
population of residents listing Irish as their primary ancestral group.
See our recipe for Grandma Nell's Soda Bread, read more about
Pittsburgh's Irish Heritage,
and plan on attending
Pittsburgh's St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday March 13.
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We Think Pittsburgh is Positively the Best!
What is Popular Pittsburgh? It’s a celebration
of our city, and of you, the people that make Pittsburgh
great. Because of you we’re known as the City of
Champions and America’s Most Livable City. It’s
your die hard work ethic and neighborly ways that bring
the true gold to the Golden Triangle.
This is where we welcome the world, and remind some
Pittsburghers, of the city they only think they know.
Pittsburgh is:
- The city chosen for September ‘09’s Group of 20 Summit, an international
honor accorded to the likes of Beijing, Berlin, and London.
- A stunning cityscape nestled among beautiful Pennsylvania hills.
- The second busiest inland river port in the USA.
- Home to legendary sports franchises, including the Pittsburgh Steelers,
the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- A city that has gone from steel production to robotics, computer
technology, artificial intelligence, and Internet success.
- A rich history of the American struggle, dating back to before the
Revolution.
Yes, Pittsburgh is world class hospitals and universities, bleeding edge
science, thriving museums, and a center of culture and the arts, of ballet and
symphony so sophisticated our most discerning international visitors take note.
We are the Yinzers from da burgh who get together at the end of the day for an
Iron City brew, whether we spent the day hauling coal on the Mon or slaving away
at the Robotics Institute. We rise to our feet with mad shouts during
hockey fights and stand politely in applause for a performance of Swan Lake.
Though some of us have rough hands and others keyboard like mad, we are one
city.
Our banks are still lending, our businesses still growing, and when we argue
about bailouts, it’s the “Twinkie” we want to save. We have no
pretensions, only history and hard work on our side.
We have nothing to say or to prove to our jealous rivals.
We are the City of Champions.
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