Year:
2025
Module: Languages
Variable: ILLRN1 - ILLRNDK
If response to ILANGINT is 'Very interested' or 'Somewhat interested' ...
Please select the ways, if any, through which you’d like to learn the Irish language.
Respondents could select more than one method. The following tables show the percentage of respondents identifying with each method.
|
% |
| Formal education (school, college or university curricula) |
36 |
| Informal education (community classes, language cafés, or local courses) |
68 |
| Online courses |
60 |
| Podcasts or other online media |
37 |
| Television and radio programmes |
37 |
| Poetry and other literature |
23 |
| Music and arts performances, plays, etc. |
35 |
| Phrase books and dictionaries |
32 |
| Visiting Gaeltacht areas (areas in which Irish is the main language spoken) |
41 |
| Online language learning app |
56 |
| Other (please type in) |
2 |
| None of these |
<0.5 |
| Don’t know |
2 |
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and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results
for men and women
| |
% |
| | Male | Female |
| Formal education (school, college or university curricula) |
35 |
37 |
| Informal education (community classes, language cafés, or local courses) |
64 |
70 |
| Online courses |
61 |
59 |
| Podcasts or other online media |
43 |
33 |
| Television and radio programmes |
40 |
34 |
| Poetry and other literature |
26 |
21 |
| Music and arts performances, plays, etc. |
36 |
35 |
| Phrase books and dictionaries |
32 |
32 |
| Visiting Gaeltacht areas (areas in which Irish is the main language spoken) |
41 |
40 |
| Online language learning app |
63 |
50 |
| Other (please type in) |
1 |
3 |
| None of these |
0 |
<0.5 |
| Don’t know |
1 |
2 |
Results
for people of different ages
| |
% |
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| Formal education (school, college or university curricula) |
* |
48 |
38 |
38 |
29 |
18 |
| Informal education (community classes, language cafés, or local courses) |
* |
73 |
67 |
61 |
65 |
72 |
| Online courses |
* |
69 |
57 |
59 |
58 |
43 |
| Podcasts or other online media |
* |
52 |
27 |
44 |
26 |
26 |
| Television and radio programmes |
* |
46 |
26 |
37 |
34 |
35 |
| Poetry and other literature |
* |
25 |
14 |
31 |
21 |
17 |
| Music and arts performances, plays, etc. |
* |
46 |
28 |
36 |
29 |
23 |
| Phrase books and dictionaries |
* |
37 |
24 |
36 |
26 |
32 |
| Visiting Gaeltacht areas (areas in which Irish is the main language spoken) |
* |
52 |
37 |
36 |
35 |
27 |
| Online language learning app |
* |
71 |
53 |
56 |
38 |
48 |
| Other (please type in) |
* |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| None of these |
* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Don’t know |
* |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
Results
for people of different religions
| |
% |
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Formal education (school, college or university curricula) |
35 |
30 |
43 |
| Informal education (community classes, language cafés, or local courses) |
69 |
64 |
70 |
| Online courses |
57 |
48 |
71 |
| Podcasts or other online media |
34 |
23 |
51 |
| Television and radio programmes |
38 |
25 |
46 |
| Poetry and other literature |
19 |
11 |
39 |
| Music and arts performances, plays, etc. |
37 |
15 |
44 |
| Phrase books and dictionaries |
29 |
23 |
44 |
| Visiting Gaeltacht areas (areas in which Irish is the main language spoken) |
44 |
22 |
45 |
| Online language learning app |
51 |
50 |
71 |
| Other (please type in) |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| None of these |
<0.5 |
0 |
0 |
| Don’t know |
2 |
5 |
1 |
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