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Increased secularisation in Ireland has prompted a drop in regular Catholic church attendance in Dublin from over 90 percent in the mid-1970s down to 14 percent according to a 2011 survey and less than 2% in some areas [175] [176] As of the 2016 census, 68.2% of Dublin's population identified as Catholic, 12.7% as other stated religions, with ...
The latest Ordnance Survey Ireland "Discovery Series" (Third Edition 2005) 1:50,000 map of the Dublin Region, Sheet 50, shows the boundaries of the city and three surrounding counties of the region. Extremities of the Dublin Region, in the north and south of the region, appear in other sheets of the series, 43 and 56 respectively.
The "Region" column of the table below, except for the six Northern Ireland counties, indicates Regions as defined under the Local Government Act 1991. [40] These are NUTS 2 statistical regions of Ireland. "County town" is the current or former administrative capital of the county.
Ireland has nine universities, seven in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland, including Trinity College Dublin and the University College Dublin, as well as numerous third-level colleges and institutes and a branch of the Open University, the Open University in Ireland. Ireland was ranked 19th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024.
As of 2009, the Dublin Metropolitan Region is co-extensive with the combined area of the city of Dublin, and the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. Leixlip was moved to the County Kildare Division and became the district headquarters for the new Leixlip District. [ 8 ]
The island's total population was nearly 7 million people concentrated in the east and south, particularly in Dublin, Belfast, Cork and their surrounding areas in the 2011 (RoI) and 2012 (NI) Census. [91] [92] That figure had increased to 7,054,314 in the 2012 (NI) and 2022 (RoI) census. [93] [94]
The location of Ireland An enlargeable map of the Republic of Ireland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ireland: Republic of Ireland – country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island.