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The CSO has released figures garnered from the Census held last year.
RTE are reporting the following changes from 2011.
The number of Catholics fell by over 130,000 and from 84% to 78%
The number of those saying they had no religion increased by 204,151 to 481,388
There were 63,443 Muslims, up from 49,204 (up 29%).
Surprisingly perhaps there were 2,557 Jews, marking an increase of 573(also up 29%).
The Church of Ireland fell by 2% whilst Orthodox Christians (up by 37.5% to 62,187) and the Apostolic and Pentecostal category both saw large increases.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1012/911813-census/
This raises a number of questions including but not confined to:
Is the fall off in Catholicism new or merely a confirmation of what people had already decided in practice, but didn't declare on the Census before?
Why is the Jewish population increasing so dramatically and, along with the increase in Muslims, what are the implications?
RTE are reporting the following changes from 2011.
The number of Catholics fell by over 130,000 and from 84% to 78%
The number of those saying they had no religion increased by 204,151 to 481,388
There were 63,443 Muslims, up from 49,204 (up 29%).
Surprisingly perhaps there were 2,557 Jews, marking an increase of 573(also up 29%).
The Church of Ireland fell by 2% whilst Orthodox Christians (up by 37.5% to 62,187) and the Apostolic and Pentecostal category both saw large increases.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1012/911813-census/
This raises a number of questions including but not confined to:
Is the fall off in Catholicism new or merely a confirmation of what people had already decided in practice, but didn't declare on the Census before?
Why is the Jewish population increasing so dramatically and, along with the increase in Muslims, what are the implications?