Discovering Ireland Guide 2021

People and Culture Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic and is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. The culture of Ireland includes language, literature, music, art, folklore, cuisine, and sport associated with Ireland and the Irish people. For most of its recorded history, Irish culture has been primarily Gaelic and Celtic. Demographics The population in the Ireland amounts to about 5.2 million people. One-quarter of the Ireland’s population is located in the Dublin metro area. The diversity of Ireland contains many immigrant communities, including people from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Nigeria. Most of the diversity within Ireland comes from European descent, with exactly 5% of the population identifying as non-Caucasians. Language English is the primary language spoken in Ireland; the native language is Gaeilge (Irish). As is typical in most countries, accents, colloquialisms, and pronunciations vary greatly throughout the country.

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