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The 2016 census showed that inhabitants of the officially designated Gaeltacht regions of Ireland numbered 96,090 people, down from 96,628 in the 2011 census. Of these, 66.3% said that they speak Irish, down from 68.5% in 2011; and only 21.4% or 20,586 people said they spoke Irish daily outside the education system. [12]
U.S. cities with large Irish American populations. The city with the highest Irish population is Boston, Massachusetts . Large cities with the highest percentage of Irish ancestry
Irish Traveller Americans are Americans who are of Irish Traveller descent. There are an estimated 7,000-40,000 Irish Traveller Americans. [1] Irish Travellers are an ethnic group with origins in Ireland; they may or may not consider themselves to be Irish or Irish American. Most Irish Travellers are in South Carolina and Texas, especially in ...
Demographics of Texas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2023, Texas was the second largest state in population after California, with a population of 30,503,301, an increase of more than 1.3 million people, or 4.7%, since the 29,145,505 of the 2020 census. [1][2] Its apportioned population in 2020 was 29,183,290. [3]
Irish-American history and culture in Texas. This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Irish Americans in Texas .
Irish culture in America is widespread though not especially visible as such except on Saint Patrick's Day, when, it is said, "Every American is Irish." [1] Many Irish began to immigrate after World War I. However, there was a decline in immigration after U.S. Congress began to limit the numbers of individuals immigrating. [2]
Languages of Texas. Of the languages spoken in Texas, none has been designated the official language. As of 2020, 64.9% of residents spoke only English at home, while 28.8% spoke Spanish at home. [1] Throughout the history of Texas, English and Spanish have at one time or another been the primary dominant language used by government officials ...
The Irish Times, referring to his analysis published in the Irish language newspaper Foinse, quoted him as follows: "It is an absolute indictment of successive Irish Governments that at the foundation of the Irish State there were 250,000 fluent Irish speakers living in Irish-speaking or semi Irish-speaking areas, but the number now is between ...