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Patron Saints: Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid of Kildare, Saint Columbkill, Saint Columbanus

Saints: 126 Saints, 24 Blesseds

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Continent: West Europe

Capital: Dublin

Area: 68,883 km²

Population: 5,011,102

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Iceland , ↑ Northern Ireland , ↗ Isle of Man , → England , ↘ Wales

Religions: Roman Catholic 78.3%, Church of Ireland 2.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Orthodox 1.3%, Muslim 1.3%, other 2.4%, none 9.8%, unspecified 2.6%

Languages: English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 39.8% of the population as of 2016; mainly spoken in areas along Ireland's western coast known as gaeltachtai, which are officially recognized regions where Irish is the predominant language)

Ethnic Groups: Irish 82.2%, Irish travelers 0.7%, other white 9.5%, Asian 2.1%, black 1.4%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.6%

Area: 84,405 km²

Catholic Population: 5,739,000 Catholics (76.1% of 7,543,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,357 parishes, 9 other centres

Clergy: 51 bishops (23 diocesan, 28 titular), 3,592 priests (2,156 diocesan, 1,436 religious), 122 permanent deacons (119 diocesan, 3 religious)

Non-Clergy: 4,786 religious (382 brothers, 4,404 sisters), 17 members of secular institutes (sisters), 109 major seminarians, 17 missionaries, 1,348 catechists