Study: Miller Place is 9th 'Most Irish Place' in New York

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, NerdWallet set out to find the ”most Irish place” in New York.

Pearl River in Rockland County landed the top spot, but the rest of the top-10 is filled with Long Island towns, including Miller Place at No. 9.

The rankings compiled by the personal finance website are based on the percentage of residents with Irish ancestry (towns with populations of fewer than 10,000 were not included in the study). In Miller Place, that figure is 32.8 percent.

Long Island communities coming in Nos. 2-10: Sayville, Garden City, Rockville Centre, East Islip, Massapequa Park, Babylon, Floral Park, Miller Place and West Islip. Rocky Point is not far behind at No. 14. 

See all of the rankings and read more about the study here