False Claims Have been widely shared online which suggest that Ireland now has a larger population of Muslims than people who live in Gaeltacht areas.
These claims have circulated since 14 October, when a number of accounts on X shared a graphic showing a map of Ireland with its Gaeltacht regions highlighted in green.
The graphic also featured two statistics: one which said “Gaeltacht population 106,000″ and another which said “Muslim population: 112,000″.
This image with incorrect data has been shared dozens of times on social media
However, the figure about Ireland’s Muslim population is incorrect.
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), there were 81,930 Muslims in Ireland when the 2022 Census was taken.
The same Census results show there were 106,220 people living in Gaeltacht areas in Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Meath.
It also recorded 1,873,997 people saying that they could speak Irish across the entire country, equivalent to around 40% of Ireland’s entire population over the age of three.
There are no statistics available on how many Muslims in Ireland are living in Gaeltacht areas . . .
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