public_comment: ""72,000 in Ireland (2006 census). Less than 20,000 L1 speakers (Salminen 2007). Population total all countries: 106,210."",
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speaker_number: "10000-99999",
speaker_number_text: "77,185",
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children: "Aged 3-18: 19,582",
young_adults: "Aged 25-64: 41,209",
older_adults: "Aged 65 and above: 16,367",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "2011 (census)",
public_comment: "These figures represent the Republic of Ireland and do not include the speakers in Northern Ireland.
These figures represent the number of respondents to the Irish census who reported speaking Irish on a daily basis outside of the educational system. In nearly all age groups, more women reported speaking Irish than men. ",
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speaker_number: "10000-99999",
speaker_number_text: "20,000-40,000",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "2006",
public_comment: ""Whether all the 64,265 individuals registered by the 2006 census are native speakers of Irish is uncertain.... If for argument’s sake one subtracts about a third, because the officially specified sizes of the Gaeltacht areas are exaggerations and because not everyone, even in the core of these areas, has grown up speaking Irish as a first language, then one reaches a figure of somewhat over 40,000 for the native speakers of all Gaeltacht areas....In fact this figure may in itself be too optimistic. If one considers the number of persons in the Gaeltacht who use Irish on a daily basis outside education – 17,687 – and compares it to the population of the entire state – 3,990,863 – then one reaches a percentage figure of 0.44%. Given that the number of active native speakers is probably not higher than that of those in the Gaeltacht who use Irish on a daily basis outside education, then the percentage of active native speakers in present-day Ireland would be between around 0.5%, i.e. 20,000 or perhaps a little above that."",
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updated_at: "2018-03-29 21:54:42",
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government_support: "Official language in Republic of Ireland, official language of the European Union as of 2007",
institutional_support: "Compulsory school subject in Ireland, Irish-medium school in Belfast, Irish-language radio and television",
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domains_of_use: "Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.",