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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 2016 census in the Republic of Ireland reported the number of Irish Travellers as 30,987, up from 29,495 in 2011. [55] In 2006 the number was 22,369. [56] A further 1,700 to 2,000 were estimated to live in Northern Ireland. [57] From the 2006 Irish census, it was determined that 20,975 dwell in urban areas and 1,460 were living in rural areas.
Aos sí (pronounced [iːsˠ ˈʃiː]; English approximation: / iː s ˈ ʃ iː / eess SHEE; older form: aes sídhe [eːsˠ ˈʃiːə]) is the Irish name for a supernatural race in Gaelic folklore, similar to elves.
Article 8 of the Constitution of Ireland states that Irish is the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland. [46] English in turn is recognised as the State's second official language. [46] Hiberno-English, the dialect of English spoken in most of the Republic of Ireland, has been greatly influenced by Irish. [47]
Eochaid mac Eirc - High King of Ireland, the last Fir Bolg king and the first king to establish a system of justice; Fiacha Cennfinnán - High King of Ireland; Fodbgen - High King of Ireland; Gaillimh iníon Breasail - mythical woman from whom the river and city of Galway derive their name; Gann and Genann - joint High Kings of Ireland
Gráinne O'Malley [1] (Irish: Gráinne Ní Mháille, pronounced [ˈgˠɾˠaːn̠ʲə n̠ʲiː ˈwaːl̠ʲə]; c. 1530 – c. 1603), also known as Grace O'Malley, was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille.
A People Set Apart: The Scotch-Irish in Eastern Ohio (1999; ISBN 1-887932-75-5) highly detailed chronicle. Quinlan, Kieran. Strange Kin: Ireland and the American South (2004), critical analysis of Celtic thesis. Sherling, Rankin. The Invisible Irish: Finding Protestants in the Nineteenth-Century Migrations to America (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP ...
This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the ...