Year: 2025
Module: Languages
Variable: ILURID

How important, or unimportant, is the Irish language to your own identity?

%
Very important 12
Fairly important 15
Neither important nor unimportant 24
Fairly unimportant 11
Very unimportant 37
Don't know 1


 

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Results for men and women

 
%
 MaleFemale
Very important 11 12
Fairly important 13 18
Neither important nor unimportant 25 23
Fairly unimportant 12 11
Very unimportant 38 35
Don't know 1 1



 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Very important 9 19 12 13 9 7
Fairly important 16 15 16 13 15 17
Neither important nor unimportant 27 24 25 25 23 24
Fairly unimportant 11 11 8 9 12 16
Very unimportant 37 29 39 39 41 36
Don't know 1 3 1 <0.5 0 1



 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Very important 28 <0.5 7
Fairly important 32 3 13
Neither important nor unimportant 27 17 28
Fairly unimportant 5 14 16
Very unimportant 6 65 35
Don't know 1 0 2



 


 

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