[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).
[-] State
[A] Leinster
[B] Munster
[C] Connacht
[D] Ulster (part of)
[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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Province [C02779V03348] (5)
Statistic [STATISTIC] (3)
This dataset has 15 series:
[-.EA039C01] State – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=1,077,087
- to
- 2016=1,761,420
- min:
- 540,802
- max:
- 1,774,437
- avg:
- 1,015,626.105
- σ:
- 413,632.103
[-.EA039C02] State – Non-Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=3,325,024
- to
- 2016=2,807,841
- min:
- 1,919,398
- max:
- 3,325,024
- avg:
- 2,465,169.105
- σ:
- 397,031.985
[-.EA039C03] State – Irish speakers as a percentage of total
- from
- 1861=24.5
- to
- 2016=38.5
- min:
- 17.6
- max:
- 41.9
- avg:
- 28.526
- σ:
- 8.385
[A.EA039C01] Leinster – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=35,704
- to
- 2016=897,357
- min:
- 13,677
- max:
- 897,357
- avg:
- 356,645.579
- σ:
- 317,583.722
[A.EA039C02] Leinster – Non-Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=1,421,931
- to
- 2016=1,628,022
- min:
- 964,383
- max:
- 1,628,022
- avg:
- 1,212,293.895
- σ:
- 177,856.601
[A.EA039C03] Leinster – Irish speakers as a percentage of total
- from
- 1861=2.4
- to
- 2016=35.5
- min:
- 1.2
- max:
- 38.2
- avg:
- 19.484
- σ:
- 14.102
[B.EA039C01] Munster – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=545,531
- to
- 2016=526,243
- min:
- 189,395
- max:
- 545,531
- avg:
- 358,689.842
- σ:
- 121,744.793
[B.EA039C02] Munster – Non-Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=968,027
- to
- 2016=703,833
- min:
- 541,616
- max:
- 1,006,991
- avg:
- 708,459.421
- σ:
- 137,118.826
[B.EA039C03] Munster – Irish speakers as a percentage of total
- from
- 1861=36
- to
- 2016=42.8
- min:
- 21.6
- max:
- 46.8
- avg:
- 33.2
- σ:
- 8.435
[C.EA039C01] Connacht – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=409,482
- to
- 2016=233,807
- min:
- 137,372
- max:
- 409,482
- avg:
- 222,773.316
- σ:
- 74,300.792
| Series code | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1926 | 1936 | 1946 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2002 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [-.EA039C01] | 1077087 | 804547 | 924781 | 664387 | 619710 | 553717 | 540802 | 666601 | 588725 | 716420 | 789429 | 1018413 | 1042701 | 1095830 | 1430205 | 1570894 | 1656790 | 1774437 | 1761420 |
| [-.EA039C02] | 3325024 | 3248640 | 2945239 | 2804307 | 2602113 | 2585971 | 2261650 | 2140324 | 2182932 | 1919398 | 1998019 | 2208054 | 2310931 | 2271176 | 2049443 | 2180101 | 2400856 | 2596194 | 2807841 |
| [-.EA039C03] | 24.5 | 19.8 | 23.9 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 23.7 | 21.2 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 31.6 | 31.1 | 32.5 | 41.1 | 41.9 | 40.8 | 40.6 | 38.5 |
| [A.EA039C01] | 35704 | 16247 | 27452 | 13677 | 26436 | 40225 | 101102 | 183378 | 180755 | 274644 | 341702 | 473225 | 480227 | 511639 | 689703 | 768404 | 823555 | 890834 | 897357 |
| [A.EA039C02] | 1421931 | 1323204 | 1251537 | 1174083 | 1126393 | 1121819 | 978536 | 966434 | 1017491 | 964383 | 1055160 | 1202292 | 1274353 | 1264188 | 1155696 | 1245467 | 1370796 | 1491799 | 1628022 |
| [A.EA039C03] | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 22.2 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 27.4 | 28.8 | 37.4 | 38.2 | 37.5 | 37.4 | 35.5 |
| [B.EA039C01] | 545531 | 386494 | 445766 | 307633 | 276268 | 228694 | 197625 | 224805 | 189395 | 228726 | 252805 | 323704 | 337043 | 352177 | 451129 | 493500 | 510005 | 537564 | 526243 |
| [B.EA039C02] | 968027 | 1006991 | 885349 | 864769 | 799920 | 806801 | 718068 | 668030 | 672660 | 567613 | 573308 | 612526 | 630434 | 612988 | 541616 | 561683 | 614563 | 651550 | 703833 |
| [B.EA039C03] | 36 | 27.7 | 33.5 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 25.2 | 22 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 34.6 | 34.8 | 36.5 | 45.4 | 46.8 | 45.4 | 45.2 | 42.8 |
| [C.EA039C01] | 409482 | 330211 | 366191 | 274783 | 245580 | 217087 | 174234 | 183082 | 154187 | 148708 | 137372 | 155134 | 158386 | 162680 | 201195 | 216128 | 224953 | 239493 | 233807 |
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Province [C02779V03348] (5)
Statistic [STATISTIC] (3)
This dataset has 15 series:
[-.EA039C01] State – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=1,077,087
- to
- 2016=1,761,420
- min:
- 540,802
- max:
- 1,774,437
- avg:
- 1,015,626.105
- σ:
- 413,632.103
[-.EA039C02] State – Non-Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=3,325,024
- to
- 2016=2,807,841
- min:
- 1,919,398
- max:
- 3,325,024
- avg:
- 2,465,169.105
- σ:
- 397,031.985
[-.EA039C03] State – Irish speakers as a percentage of total
- from
- 1861=24.5
- to
- 2016=38.5
- min:
- 17.6
- max:
- 41.9
- avg:
- 28.526
- σ:
- 8.385
[A.EA039C01] Leinster – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=35,704
- to
- 2016=897,357
- min:
- 13,677
- max:
- 897,357
- avg:
- 356,645.579
- σ:
- 317,583.722
[A.EA039C02] Leinster – Non-Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=1,421,931
- to
- 2016=1,628,022
- min:
- 964,383
- max:
- 1,628,022
- avg:
- 1,212,293.895
- σ:
- 177,856.601
[A.EA039C03] Leinster – Irish speakers as a percentage of total
- from
- 1861=2.4
- to
- 2016=35.5
- min:
- 1.2
- max:
- 38.2
- avg:
- 19.484
- σ:
- 14.102
[B.EA039C01] Munster – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=545,531
- to
- 2016=526,243
- min:
- 189,395
- max:
- 545,531
- avg:
- 358,689.842
- σ:
- 121,744.793
[B.EA039C02] Munster – Non-Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=968,027
- to
- 2016=703,833
- min:
- 541,616
- max:
- 1,006,991
- avg:
- 708,459.421
- σ:
- 137,118.826
[B.EA039C03] Munster – Irish speakers as a percentage of total
- from
- 1861=36
- to
- 2016=42.8
- min:
- 21.6
- max:
- 46.8
- avg:
- 33.2
- σ:
- 8.435
[C.EA039C01] Connacht – Irish Speakers
- from
- 1861=409,482
- to
- 2016=233,807
- min:
- 137,372
- max:
- 409,482
- avg:
- 222,773.316
- σ:
- 74,300.792
| Series code | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1926 | 1936 | 1946 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2002 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [-.EA039C01] | 1077087 | 804547 | 924781 | 664387 | 619710 | 553717 | 540802 | 666601 | 588725 | 716420 | 789429 | 1018413 | 1042701 | 1095830 | 1430205 | 1570894 | 1656790 | 1774437 | 1761420 |
| [-.EA039C02] | 3325024 | 3248640 | 2945239 | 2804307 | 2602113 | 2585971 | 2261650 | 2140324 | 2182932 | 1919398 | 1998019 | 2208054 | 2310931 | 2271176 | 2049443 | 2180101 | 2400856 | 2596194 | 2807841 |
| [-.EA039C03] | 24.5 | 19.8 | 23.9 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 23.7 | 21.2 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 31.6 | 31.1 | 32.5 | 41.1 | 41.9 | 40.8 | 40.6 | 38.5 |
| [A.EA039C01] | 35704 | 16247 | 27452 | 13677 | 26436 | 40225 | 101102 | 183378 | 180755 | 274644 | 341702 | 473225 | 480227 | 511639 | 689703 | 768404 | 823555 | 890834 | 897357 |
| [A.EA039C02] | 1421931 | 1323204 | 1251537 | 1174083 | 1126393 | 1121819 | 978536 | 966434 | 1017491 | 964383 | 1055160 | 1202292 | 1274353 | 1264188 | 1155696 | 1245467 | 1370796 | 1491799 | 1628022 |
| [A.EA039C03] | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 22.2 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 27.4 | 28.8 | 37.4 | 38.2 | 37.5 | 37.4 | 35.5 |
| [B.EA039C01] | 545531 | 386494 | 445766 | 307633 | 276268 | 228694 | 197625 | 224805 | 189395 | 228726 | 252805 | 323704 | 337043 | 352177 | 451129 | 493500 | 510005 | 537564 | 526243 |
| [B.EA039C02] | 968027 | 1006991 | 885349 | 864769 | 799920 | 806801 | 718068 | 668030 | 672660 | 567613 | 573308 | 612526 | 630434 | 612988 | 541616 | 561683 | 614563 | 651550 | 703833 |
| [B.EA039C03] | 36 | 27.7 | 33.5 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 25.2 | 22 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 34.6 | 34.8 | 36.5 | 45.4 | 46.8 | 45.4 | 45.2 | 42.8 |
| [C.EA039C01] | 409482 | 330211 | 366191 | 274783 | 245580 | 217087 | 174234 | 183082 | 154187 | 148708 | 137372 | 155134 | 158386 | 162680 | 201195 | 216128 | 224953 | 239493 | 233807 |
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