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The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest denomination being the Catholic Church. The Constitution of Ireland says that the state may not endorse any particular religion and guarantees freedom of religion. In the 2022 census, 69.1% (3.5 million) of the population identified as Catholic. [1]
This is a list of articles about religion in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Religion in the Republic of Ireland; Religion in Northern Ireland; Irreligion in the Republic of Ireland; Christianity in Ireland. History of Christianity in Ireland; Roman Catholicism in Ireland; Protestantism in Ireland. Reformation in Ireland ...
A more detailed report of census data relating to religion was published by the Central Statistics Office in October 2023. [22] It showed that the number of people with no religion increased across all age cohorts. [23] Among pre-school aged children (0 to 4 years) 16% had no religion and 11% of those in the 5 to 9 age cohort had no religion.
The Catholic Church in Ireland serves Catholics in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland under the spiritual leadership of Pope Francis and the Conference of Irish Bishops. In the Republic of Ireland, 87.4% of the citizens were baptised Catholic as infants while the figure for Northern Ireland is 43.8%. [26] [27]
The fact that most people in Ireland belonged to some religion, and that the education system and to a lesser extent the health system were denominational in structure, with Roman Catholicism, the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church, the Methodist Church, the Jewish community, and others running their own schools and non-governmental ...
According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home. Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove ...
The Constitution of Ireland says that "no law may be made either directly or indirectly to endow any religion". However, in practice, some religious groups are legally and financially endowed by the state in the provision of some state-funded services, including education, where almost 90% of state-funded primary schools have Catholic ...
Spain, Ireland and other European Union member countries plan to recognise a Palestinian state on May 21, the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said late on Thursday ahead of an expected U ...