[EA039] Percentage of Irish Speakers and Non-Irish Speakers Aged 3 Years and Over 1861 to 2016
Updated by provider on May 27, 2020 (11:00 AM).
[C02779V03348] Province
- [-] State
- [A] Leinster
- [B] Munster
- [C] Connacht
- [D] Ulster (part of)
[STATISTIC] Statistic
- [EA039C01] Irish Speakers
- [EA039C02] Non-Irish Speakers
- [EA039C03] Irish speakers as a percentage of total
When excluding not stated, people with an ability to speak Irish made up 39.8% of the population in 2016
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This dataset has 15 series:
| Series code | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1926 | 1936 | 1946 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2002 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [C.EA039C02] | 503653 | 516002 | 455466 | 449991 | 401352 | 393897 | 348964 | 315322 | 309638 | 246592 | 231960 | 244264 | 250474 | 242091 | 215809 | 229844 | 258407 | 278966 | 295485 |
| [C.EA039C03] | 44.8 | 39 | 44.6 | 37.9 | 38 | 35.5 | 33.3 | 36.7 | 33.2 | 37.6 | 37.2 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 40.2 | 48.2 | 48.5 | 46.5 | 46.2 | 44.2 |
| [D.EA039C01] | 86370 | 71595 | 85372 | 68294 | 71426 | 67711 | 67841 | 75336 | 64388 | 64342 | 57550 | 66350 | 67045 | 69334 | 88178 | 92862 | 98277 | 106546 | 104013 |
| [D.EA039C02] | 431413 | 402443 | 352887 | 315464 | 274448 | 263454 | 216082 | 190538 | 183143 | 140810 | 137591 | 148972 | 155670 | 151909 | 136322 | 143107 | 157090 | 173879 | 180501 |
| [D.EA039C03] | 16.7 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 17.8 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 23.9 | 28.3 | 26 | 31.4 | 29.5 | 30.8 | 30.1 | 31.3 | 39.3 | 39.4 | 38.5 | 38 | 36.6 |
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