{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-29-36-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 29-36-1","heading":"Findings.","body":"Findings—the Legislature finds that:\nOver 15 percent of West Virginia’s population is of Irish descent, which, according to the Irish diplomat Barbara Jones, represents a higher figure than that in Boston or New York City;\nThe ties that bind Ireland to West Virginia are deep and lasting, reflected on West Virginia’s map from Ireland to Irish Mountain, from Tyrone to Tralee; and\nIrish heritage has been the fortunate lot of many great West Virginians, such as philanthropist Bernard P. McDonough, the inventor Michael Owens, and US Senator John Kenna;\nIreland and West Virginia are attempting to reinvent their economies for success in the twenty-first century; and\nWest Virginians have both historic and practical reasons to desire the building of firmer commercial links with Ireland.","path":["CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS.","ARTICLE 36. WEST VIRGINIA-IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/29-36-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:00Z","sha256":"2bf8c424c0365e36463726dc48f056c5b34ef25bb617841e8dd52bbd54be1d95","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-29-35-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-29-36-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}