Muslims in Ireland

Posted on December 4th, 2007 in Balbriggan, Ballinasloe, Birr, Buncrana, Castlebar, Cavan, Census, Ennis, Ireland, Killarney, Living in Ireland, People, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Tralee, Youghal by census-analysis

The 2006 census figures show that  Muslims in Ireland make up  0.767% of the population. (32539 out of a total population of 4239848)
A breakdown of religions was carried out on the Irish towns with more than 5000 people.
Of all these towns - Cavan Town  has the highest percentage of Muslims in Ireland - 3.2% of the population of Cavan Town stated they were Muslims.

Top 10  Irish towns for Muslims (over 5000 population)

Cavan  3.2%
Killarney  2.95%
Ballinasloe  2.32%
Tralee  2.3%
Ennis  2.03%
Roscommon  1.87%
Balbriggan  1.75%
Portlaoise  1.67%
Castlebar 1.62%
Tullamore  1.6%

The towns with the least Muslims in Ireland are:

Dunboyne  0.035% (just 2 out of  5713)
Buncrana  .068%
Youghal  0.088%
Birr  0.098%

Town with Most Catholics is Ballina

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 in Ballina, Buncrana, Carrick-on-Suir, Census, Clonmel, Dunboyne, Living in Ireland, Mallow, Newcastle West, Thurles, Tipperary by census-analysis

Census 2006 figures released last week - show that Ballina in  Mayo  has 92.9% of it’s population that stated their religion was Roman Catholic. Of all the towns with more than 5000 population - Ballina was the town with the  highest percentage of Catholics.
The total percentage of Catholics in Ireland as a whole is 86.83%

Top Ten  towns for percentages of Catholic residents:
Ballina  92.9%
Carrick-on-Suir  92.82%
Buncrana  92.54%
Thurles 92.37%
Clonmel  91.99%
Tipperary  91.47%
Dunboyne  91.41%
Newcastle West 91.33%
Mallow  91.24%
New Ross 90.96%