Total fertility rate: 1.95 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(men), Irish (collective plural)
adjective: Irish
Ethnic divisions: Celtic, English
Religions: Roman Catholic 93%, Anglican 3%, none 1%, unknown 2%, other
1% (1981)
Languages: Irish (Gaelic), spoken mainly in areas located along the
western seaboard, English is the language generally used
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)
total population: 98%
Labor force: 1.37 million
by occupation: services 57.0%, manufacturing and construction 28%,
agriculture, forestry, and fishing 13.5%, energy and mining 1.5%
(1992)
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Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Ireland
Digraph: EI