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Islam is the third largest religion in Ireland constituting only 1.62% of the country's population. [27] There are 83,300 [28] practising Muslims living in Ireland and approximately 50 mosques and prayer centres within the State. There is more than one mosque or prayer centre in each province. [27]
A larger minority have Irish as a second language, with 40.6% of people in the Republic of Ireland claiming some ability to speak the language in the 2011 census. [45] Article 8 of the Constitution of Ireland states that Irish is the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland. [46]
This is a list of articles about religion in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Religion in the Republic of Ireland; Religion in Northern Ireland; Irreligion in the Republic of Ireland; Christianity in Ireland. History of Christianity in Ireland; Roman Catholicism in Ireland; Protestantism in Ireland. Reformation in Ireland ...
Divisions between Irish Roman Catholics and Irish Protestants played a major role in the history of Ireland from the 16th century to the 20th century, especially during the Home Rule Crisis and the Troubles. While religion broadly marks the delineation of these divisions, the contentions were primarily political and they were also related to ...
Christianity has been the largest religion in Ireland since the 5th century. As of 2011, 78% of Ireland's population adhered to the Catholic Church, [12] and both Irish people and people with red hair are stereotyped as being Catholic. [7] A 2018 study ranked Irish citizens between 16 and 29 among the most religious in Europe. [13]
The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including Irish, British or some combination thereof. The Irish have their own unique customs, language, music, dance, sports, cuisine and mythology. Although Irish (Gaeilge) was their main
The Catholic Church in Ireland serves Catholics in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland under the spiritual leadership of Pope Francis and the Conference of Irish Bishops. In the Republic of Ireland, 87.4% of the citizens were baptised Catholic as infants while the figure for Northern Ireland is 43.8%. [26] [27]
Northern Ireland Sign Language and Irish Sign Language have been recognised since 29 March 2004. [2] [3] A third, British Sign Language is also used. At the 2001 census, Chinese was the most widely spoken minority language in Northern Ireland, with Shelta, Arabic and Portuguese also spoken by a significant number of people. [1]