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====Scotland==== [[File:Stpatricksdayfestivalcbridge.JPG|thumb|2009 [[St. Patrick's Day festival Coatbridge|Saint Patrick's Day festival]] celebration in [[Coatbridge]], Scotland]] The Scottish town of [[Coatbridge]], where the majority of the town's population are of Irish descent,<ref name=ScotGov-Immigration>{{cite web |title=Irish emigration to Scotland in the 19th and 20th centuries β Settlement of the Irish |url=http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/experienceofimmigrants/irish.asp |website=Education Scotland |publisher=Government of Scotland |access-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320212938/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/experienceofimmigrants/irish.asp |archive-date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=CoatbridgeFestival>{{cite web |title=The Coatbridge Irish|url=http://www.stpatricksdayfestivalcoatbridge.org/History/Main/History.htm |website=St Patrick's Day Festival Coatbridge |access-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708051820/http://www.stpatricksdayfestivalcoatbridge.org/History/Main/History.htm |archive-date=8 July 2007}}</ref> also has [[St. Patrick's Day festival Coatbridge|a Saint Patrick's Day Festival]] which includes celebrations and parades in the town centre.<ref name=CoatbridgeFestival/><ref>{{cite web |title=St Patrick's Day in Coatbridge, Scotland |url=https://comingtoscotland.wordpress.com/ |date=14 March 2015 |website=Coming to Scotland |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110744/https://comingtoscotland.wordpress.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Glasgow]] has a considerably large Irish population; due, for the most part, to the Irish immigration during the 19th century. This immigration was the main cause in raising the population of Glasgow by over 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Moss |work=The Glasgow Story |url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/storyc.php |title=Industrial Revolution: 1770s to 1830s |access-date=17 March 2012 |archive-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022044/http://www.theglasgowstory.com/storyc.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to this large Irish population, there are many Irish-themed pubs and Irish interest groups who hold yearly celebrations on Saint Patrick's day in Glasgow. Glasgow has held a yearly Saint Patrick's Day parade and festival since 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Glasgow St. Patrick's Festival 2018 Website |url=http://www.glasgowstpatricksfestival.co.uk/ |website=Glasgow's St. Patrick's Festival |publisher=St. Patrick's Festival Committee |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316133417/http://www.glasgowstpatricksfestival.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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