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Rural Ireland Thinks poll Quarter of our rural population do not consider themselves as religious

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Out of a total poll of 501 respondents 65 of women considered themselves to be a religious person while 51 of men did so the Rural Ireland Thinks poll found Religiosity tended to increase with age although the youngest cohort aged 1824 considered themselves to be slightly more religious at 39 than the next youngest cohort age 2534 at 36 However the results have a margin of error of 4 Some 39 of those aged 1624 considered themselves to be religious 36 of 25to 34yearolds 54 of 3549s 63 of 5064s and 78 of over65s In Munster 56 of respondents said that they were religious The figure was 52 in Leinster and 66 in ConnaughtUlster Some 24 strongly agreed that they were a religious person while 34 somewhat agreed Some 14 neither agreed nor disagreed and 16 somewhat disagreed 10 strongly disagreed And a majority of 59 agreed that religious services had been curtailed in their area Some 28 strongly agreed that religious services had been curtailed in their area 31 somewhat agreed 10 neither agreed nor disagreed 12 somewhat agreed and 10 strongly disagreed A further 10 said that the did not know or preferred not to say Of those who felt that religious services had been curtailed in their areas 57 of men felt this way and 61 of women 58 of respondents aged 1624 felt that religious services had been curtailed in their areas 52 of 2534yearolds felt this way 58 of 3549s 60 of 5064s and 63 of over 65s Nearly two thirds 65 of respondents in Munster felt that religious services had been curtailed in their areas 53 in Leinster felt this way and 57 in ConnaughtUlster The research was conducted through facetoface interviews between August 1425 amongst a sample weighted to make it representative of the population of rural Ireland Rural Ireland accounts for 334 of the country according to the survey The new results expand on the findings of Irelands most recent census for 2022 which noted that there had been an 187 increase in people who said they had no religion compared to the 2011 census In Census 2022 over 35m people living in Ireland reported that their religion was Roman Catholic accounting for 69 of the population The number of people who reported having no religion increased to 736210 over 14 of the population This was an increase of 63 since the 2016 census and of 187 since the 2011 census There were a further 3823 people who reported that they were Agnostic or Atheist The second largest religious grouping was Church of Ireland or England Anglican and Episcopalian which accounted for 124749 people an increase of 2 since 2016 Among preschool aged children 04 years 65 were Roman Catholic 16 had no religion and 3 were Muslim in the last census In the 59 years age cohort 72 of children were Roman Catholic 11 had no religion 3 were Muslim and 3 were in the Church of Ireland or England Anglican and Episcopalian grouping People aged 2529 years were less likely to be Roman Catholic 53 than other age groups This was also the age cohort with the highest proportion of people with no religion 26 and the highest proportion of Hindus over 2 The number of people with no religion increased across all age cohorts There were over 100000 more people aged 45 or over with no religion an 88 increase since 2016

Irishexaminer.com Liz Dunphy

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