Languages Spoken
In 2011, the census results indicated that of the resident population of 1,735,711 aged three and over, the English was the main language spoken by 1,681,171 (96.9%). For 3.1 per cent (54,500) of residents, aged 3 years and over, for whom English was not their main language, the most prevalent language was Polish spoken by 7,700 people, (1.0%). Irish Gaelic was ranked fourth with 4,164 (0.24%) speakers, behind Lithuanian which was spoken by 6,250 (0.36%). However, it is worth noting that some 65,900 (3.74%) can speak, read, write and understand Irish and nearly 185,000 (10.65%) have reported having some ability in Irish.Italian came last which was spoken by 2,005 people.
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