Axios Visuals People with Irish ancestry comprise roughly 7.5% of San Francisco County's population, but that percentage will seem a lot higher this weekend as the U.S. celebrates St. Patrick's Day.

Marking Saint Patrick’s Day the bishops of Ireland encouraged the faithful to pray for peace in the world, especially in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, and Sudan.

People have been leaving Ireland for centuries ... the large Irish presence in America goes back to the 1800s. At the time, many Irish were suffering persecution at the hands of the British ...