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It is reported that 94,000 people are native speakers of Irish in the Republic of Ireland; this is 2% of the 2011 population. As far as second language speakers

the Republic is about 39% and Northern Ireland is 11%. All are bilingual in English as well.

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Less than 1% speaks Irish Gaelic as a first language. About 5% can speak it fluently as a second language.

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