Islam is Ireland’s third largest religion

There are 63,400 practising Muslims living in Ireland and approximately 50 mosques and prayer centres within the State, with five Muslim clergymen or qualified imams.

Islam is Ireland’s third largest religion

There is more than one mosque or prayer centre in each province.

According to Census 2016, the results of which were published last April, 63,400 of our 4,761,865 population declared their religion as Islam.

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