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THE NUMBER OF people who say they are able to speak the Irish language has fallen to 1.77 million, according to the results of Ireland’s most recent census.
This figures represents 41.1 per cent of respondents – a slight decrease from 41.9 in 2006.
The question was broken down into two parts: individuals were asked if they were able to speak the language and, if so, the frequency with which they did so. Almost one in three (30.8 per cent) of 10 to 19 year olds said were not able to speak Irish.
More women than men identified themselves as being able to speak Irish, with 44.9 per cent of females saying they were able to speak the language compared with just 37.9 per cent of men. These result are identical to those from 2006.
Of the 1.77 million people who said they were able to speak the language:
The number of people speaking Irish on a daily basis, who are not in school, increased by 5,037 persons since 2006 from 72,148 to 77,185, according to the data.
There was an increase of 7,781 people who said they speak the language on a weekly basis, while those who spoke Irish less frequently showed the largest increase of 27,139 people.
Of the 77,185 daily Irish speakers who were not in the education system, just over one in three lived in Gaeltacht areas.
The population of all Gaeltacht areas as of April 2011 had increased by 5.2 per cent since 2006, rising from 91,862 to 96,628. Of these, 68.5 per cent said they could speak Irish (66,238).
(NOTE: Two figures regarding the percentage of daily Irish speakers outside the education system were published in the census data: 24 per cent and 35 per cent. We are currently trying to establish which is the correct figure.)
The breakdown of daily Irish speakers between the years 2006 and 2011 in specific Gaeltachts are as follows:
Cork County: 867 daily speakers to 982 daily speakers (+115)
Donegal County: 6,956 to 7,047 (+91)
Galway County: 9,654 to 10,085 (+431)
Galway City: 571 to 636 (+65)
Kerry County: 2,394 to 2,501 (+107)
Mayo County: 1,281 to 1,172 (-109)
Meath County: 336 to 31 (-22)
Waterford County: 456 to 438 (-18)
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They should have asked liam neeson.he won’t be busy for next while id say.
@Seriously stunned: na, he probably will. I’m sure rational people can interpret what he actually said, and not let the gutter press do it for them.
@Seriously stunned: Kevin hart is racist too that’s why there’s no host
@Damien Barton: Sure apparantly everyone’s a racist now
@Damien Barton: Hart is not hosting because he is homophobic. Although he could be racist also, it’s hard to keep up.
@Lily Martin: he’s not homophobic. Do keep up.
@Aidan Mitchell: who are these rational people of whom you speak?
I hear your a racist now father
Who would want to host the number one SJW event of the year? Especially after seeing what they did to Kevin Hart
@PC Principal:
And more people watched the food channel last year than the Oscars, which is why they’ve introduced a new award “Most popular movie”, a desperate stunt to recover viewers.
DeNiro’s recent outburst on stage against Trump was a typical example of the mindset of these detached self-adulatory millionaires and why people are tuning out in their droves.
@The Quare Fella: Hollywood is in the process of disappearing up its one bum.
If you want to know how well a movie did these days then you just have to look it up online instead of a show being hosted by questionable people telling us what we should think and what deserves an award because they belong to a particular race and gender that happens to be the flavour of the month
Maroon 5 could be hosting after the terrific job they did at the Superbowl :)
And not a white male honky amongst them I bet.
@Graham Murphy: if you’re interested; they’re listed in the article you skipped past on your way to comment. Daniel Craig and Chris Evans, just in case you can’t be bothered.
Who gives a damn about it
Trump!
I ended watching the ‘Oscars’ when Adrien Brody got best actor over Daniel Day Lewis.
“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
@Punker: “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. It doesn’t last as long if you’re fat.”
@Kem Trayle: :) :)
The patriarchal systems of institutionalized structures are problematic
Liam Neeson and Kevin Hart would make it interesting
Good. Less stupid comments.
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