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Missouri Connections: Ireland

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Imports & Exports

$133M

Missouri's Imports from Ireland in 20241
  • Chemicals 8%
  • Beverages & Tobacco Products 6%
  • Machinery, Except Electrical 5%
  • Computer & Electronic Products 1%
  • Other 80%

$140M

Missouri's Exports to Ireland in 20241
  • Chemicals 70%
  • Machinery, Except Electrical 11%
  • Miscellaneous Manufactures 6%
  • Fabricated Metal Product 4%
  • Other 9%

By the Numbers

791

Missourians Born in Ireland2

1

Educational Institutions with Programs

699,153

Missourians With Irish Ancestry2

Sister Cities & States

St. Louis: Galway / St. Louis: Donegal /

18 Irish Companies in Missouri

Accenture
Adient
Avadel
CRH
Eaton
James Hardie
Johnson Controls
Mallinckrodt
Steris

8 Missouri Companies in Ireland

Amdocs
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Emerson
Enterprise Holdings
Hallmark
Independent Stave Company
Lockton
RGA

Cultural Organizations

Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Louis

The Celtic Ozarkian

Irish Center of Kansas City

Kansas City Gaelic Athletic Club

Kansas City Irish Fest

Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Missouri Irish Brigade of Civil War Re-enactors

Missouri River Irish Fest

Southwest Missouri Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games

St. Louis Gaelic Athletic Club

St. Louis Irish Arts

St. Patrick’s Day Parade St. Louis

1 International Trade Administration, 2024

2 American Community Survey, 2023, 1-year estimates