Black people in Ireland

Black people in Ireland
Irish: Daoine goirme in Éirinn
Total population
  • Republic of Ireland
  • 76,245, 1.5% (2022 census)[1]
  • Northern Ireland
  • 30,667, 1.6% (2021 census)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Limerick • Cork • Belfast • Kinsale • Waterford • Dublin
Languages
Hiberno-English, Irish, African languages

Black people (Irish: daoine goirme/daoine dubha), Africans and people of African descent have lived in Ireland in small numbers since the 18th century. Throughout the 18th century they were mainly concentrated in the major cities and towns, especially in the Limerick, Cork, Belfast, Kinsale, Waterford, and Dublin areas.[3] Increases in immigration have led to the growth of the community across Ireland. According to the 2022 Census of Population, 67,546 people identify as Black or Black Irish with an African background, whereas 8,699 people identify as Black or Black Irish with any other Black background.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Census of Population 2022 – Summary Results". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ "NI census 2021 figures". 7 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ Hart, W. A. (2002). "Africans in Eighteenth-Century Ireland". Irish Historical Studies. 33 (129): 19–32. doi:10.1017/S0021121400015480. ISSN 0021-1214. JSTOR 30006953. S2CID 163774589.

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