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New figures show the state of the Irish language in Ireland
BY Oisin Feeney
Figures released by the CSO today have revealed the number of people who still speak Irish on a daily basis around the country.
The figures relate to the 2016 census and revealed a number of interesting details about the Irish language as well as third level education statistics.
In 2016, 43.2% of all females went to third level education compared with 40.7% males. 56.2% of people aged 15 - 39 had a third level education.
There are 96,090 Irish speakers living in Gaeltacht areas. Of that number 63,664 (66.3%) can speak Irish which is down from 68% in 2011.
39% of the population says that that could speak Irish which sounds great. But 31.7% of that number say that they could speak it while in the education system and presumably not anymore.
73,803 people said that they spoke Irish on a daily basis outside of the education system.
418,420 of the population have never spoken Irish and the county with the largest population of Irish speakers in Clare.
It looks like the number of Irish speakers is decreasing around the country at a gradual pace.
Tags: Census, Ireland, Irish Speakers, Population
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