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Some 6,000 people (0.3%) in Northern Ireland claim to use Irish as their main home language according to the 2021 UK Census with 71,900 people being able to speak Irish (circa 4% of population) and 228,600 people overall in the state (12.4%) having some knowledge of the language.
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39.8% - The percentage of the population who could speak Irish in 2016 (1,761,420 persons)49% - The percentage of the population of Galway County who could speak Irish in 2016 (84,249 persons)179,317 - The number of persons who could speak Irish in Cork county in 2016 - the highest of all the administrative counties370,116 - The number of persons who could speak Irish in Dublin city and its suburbs in 2016Of the 1,761,420 people who reported being able to speak Irish in Ireland’s 2016 Census: 1. 586,535 indicated they spoke Irish less often than weekly 2. 558,608 indicated they only spoke Irish within the education system 3. 418,420 indicated they never spoke Irish 4. 111,473 indicated they spoke Irish weekly 5. 73,803 indicated they spoke Irish dai...
According to the 2016 Irish census, Co Galway has the highest percentage of Irish speakers with 49 percent saying they can speak Irish. This is a decrease from the 2011 figure of 51 percent in Co Galway. Here is the percentage of Irish language speakers in each county of the Republic of Ireland as of April 2016: 1. Galway - 48.99 2. Clare - 45.89 3...
Ireland’s 2016 Census found that when examining urban areas, Galway City and its suburbs reported the highest rate of Irish speakers with 41.4 percent. The lowest rate of Irish language speakers in an Irish city was Dublin City and its suburbs, which was only 32.8 percent. Percentage of population who reported being able to speak Irish as per Irish...
In Ireland, the Gaeltacht boundaries are defined by The Gaeltacht Areas Orders, 1956–1982, and are in the counties of Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Meath, Mayo, and Waterford. According to the 2016 Census, there were 96,090 people living in Ireland’s Gaeltacht areas. Of that population, 63,664 (66.3 percent) reported that they could speak Irish. Th...
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For most of recorded Irish history, Irish was the dominant language of the Irish people, who took it with them to other regions, such as Scotland and the Isle of Man, where Middle Irish gave rise to Scottish Gaelic and Manx.
How Many People Speak Irish? In the whole world, there are an estimated 1.2 million speakers of the Irish language. Of this number, only about 170,000 speak it as a first language.
Today, Irish is recognized as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland and is officially recognized in the European Union. Communities that speak Irish as their first language, generally in sporadic regions on the island's west coast, are collectively called the Gaeltacht.
Oct 26, 2024 · Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts.
Mar 30, 2022 · AT THE LAST census, almost 1.8 million people reported being able to speak Irish – that’s 40% of the population. But when asked how often they actually use Irish, 980,000 of those people said...
