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The figures contained in the 2016 Census show that Offaly people are religious and Irish speaking.
Just 4.5% of the population in Offaly stated that they had 'No Religion' which is considerably lower than the national and provincial figure. Nationally, 9.8% of the population stated that they had 'No Religion' while the figure for Leinster was higher again at 11.5%.
The total number of Catholics in the country has fallen by 132,200 from 3,861,300 to 3,729,100. The number of Muslims increased by 14,200 over the five years and the number of Orthodox increased by 17,000, or 37.5 per cent.
27,807 people in Offaly (36% of the population) stated that they could speak Irish. Within this figure, 599 spoke Irish daily outside the education system, while 1,642 spoke Irish weekly outside the education system.
Nationally, 1,761,420 people stated that they were able to speak Irish, with 73,803 speaking Irish daily outside the
education system and 111,473 doing so weekly.
ALSO FROM THE CENSUS:Population of Offaly increases by less than 2% since 2011
ALSO FROM THE CENSUS: Divorce and separation rate in Offaly above the national average
ALSO FROM THE CENSUS: Offaly is getting older as average age jumps by 1.5 years
Cllr Neil Feighery, centre, with members of the gardai and local groups following the completion of the town walkabout in O'Connor Square on Friday
Ger Rafferty, Paul Corrigan, Ciaran Daly, Declan Kelly, David Connolly, Ciaran Grennan and Alan Mulhall at the presentation of medals.
Kinnitty got the better of Clodiagh Gaels in the first round of the Offaly SHC
Book of evidence served on man charged with assault and arson
Cathal Kiely scored the winning point fo Kilcormac/Killoughey from an injury time '65'.
The new pedestrian crossing will be used by students at Educate Together NS in Tullamore
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