It's a lucrative market.
Estimates for how many Americans claim Irish descent are climbing, with anything from 32 to 40 million possible. The Irish are the second largest ethnic group in America, and they generally occupy a very comfortable zone in the American economy. More than 32% have earned a college degree, and have an overall median income of $56,383. That's not counting the many more Americans who are just plain out in love with Ireland, and everything about us.
So, Irish Americans are an excellent target audience for both US and Irish based consumer goods and travel businesses.
For those involved in tourism, or selling Ireland to Americans as a travel destination, it's great news too. 2014 was a record year for tourism from North America to Ireland, and steady growth continues in 2015.
Latest results available from the CSO show that North American visits to Ireland are up almost 15% from January to July 2015, that's 85,000 more US and Canadian visitors just in the first 6 months last year.
Ireland now gets 10% of all American visitors to Europe – despite hot competition between European destinations. For a wee island we pack a huge economic punch, and there's nothing we love more than helping businesses to tap into this target market with well placed, insightful and profitable strategies to speak straight to the hearts of the Irish American audience.
There are two excellent resources we highly recommend in the quest to get to know your Irish American Market, and we're currently working on a few more:
When designing your marketing or content strategies, it's ESSENTIAL you know this audience inside out, and stay up to date with all the latest stats and facts available.
Or, you can let us do it for you! And then you get to work with the experts in marketing to Irish Americans at Write Ireland. Check out Lora's Expertise in her Bio.
Get in Touch Now to see how we can help you profit from this market.
Estimates for how many Americans claim Irish descent are climbing, with anything from 32 to 40 million possible. The Irish are the second largest ethnic group in America, and they generally occupy a very comfortable zone in the American economy. More than 32% have earned a college degree, and have an overall median income of $56,383. That's not counting the many more Americans who are just plain out in love with Ireland, and everything about us.
So, Irish Americans are an excellent target audience for both US and Irish based consumer goods and travel businesses.
For those involved in tourism, or selling Ireland to Americans as a travel destination, it's great news too. 2014 was a record year for tourism from North America to Ireland, and steady growth continues in 2015.
Latest results available from the CSO show that North American visits to Ireland are up almost 15% from January to July 2015, that's 85,000 more US and Canadian visitors just in the first 6 months last year.
Ireland now gets 10% of all American visitors to Europe – despite hot competition between European destinations. For a wee island we pack a huge economic punch, and there's nothing we love more than helping businesses to tap into this target market with well placed, insightful and profitable strategies to speak straight to the hearts of the Irish American audience.
There are two excellent resources we highly recommend in the quest to get to know your Irish American Market, and we're currently working on a few more:
- Reaching the Irish Diaspora in America, a white paper by Irish Central
- The US Market, a report by Fáilte Ireland
When designing your marketing or content strategies, it's ESSENTIAL you know this audience inside out, and stay up to date with all the latest stats and facts available.
Or, you can let us do it for you! And then you get to work with the experts in marketing to Irish Americans at Write Ireland. Check out Lora's Expertise in her Bio.
Get in Touch Now to see how we can help you profit from this market.
