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5.1 Heritage Languages (Q35-45)
Maps for where Polish, Lithuanian and Russian is spoken
Q35: Please rank in order, the top three languages spoken by students
in your school who's mother tongue is neither English or Irish
0%
Map for Lithuanian in
both English and Irish
medium schools
Donegal
Map for Russian in
both English and Irish
medium schools
M
on
ha
Galway
Offaly
Kildare
Wicklow
Kildare
Wicklow
Laois
Wicklow
Laois
Clare
Clare
Waterford
w
rlo
Ca
rd
W
Waterford
Kerry
Cork
fo
Ca
rd
fo
W
ex
rd
fo
ex
W
Tipperary
ny
Limerick
Kilken
Tipperary
ny
Limerick
Kilken
ny
Kilken
Ca
rlo
rlo
w
w
Clare
Tipperary
Meath
th
tmea
Wes
Dublin
Dublin
on
Dublin
omm
on
Offaly
d
or
gf
n
Lo
uth
Rosc
uth
Meath
Kildare
Laois
Mayo
th
tmea
Wes
Galway
Cavan
Lo
Lo
o
gf
omm
Offaly
rd
Rosc
uth
on
omm
Meath
th
tmea
Galway
Leitrim
Cavan
Mayo
n
Lo
n
n
Lo
Rosc
rd
o
gf
Wes
ag
ha
n
ha
Leitrim
Cavan
n
Lo
Sligo
ag
ag
Sligo
on
M
on
Leitrim
76-100%
Donegal
M
Sligo
Limerick
51-75%
Donegal
Mayo
Kerry
26-50%
ex
Map for Polish in
both English and Irish
medium schools
1-25%
Waterford
Kerry
Cork
Cork
Carlow
50%
Longford
80%
Carlow
25%
Longford
40%
Carlow
25%
Longford
20%
Cavan
51%
Louth
46%
Cavan
51%
Louth
62%
Cavan
14%
Louth
23%
Clare
50%
Mayo
63%
Clare
0%
Mayo
13%
Clare
0%
Mayo
25%
Cork
67%
Meath
64%
Cork
20%
Meath
64%
Cork
7%
Meath
36%
Donegal
58%
Monaghan
56%
Donegal
17%
Monaghan 100%
Donegal
0%
Monaghan
29%
Dublin
56%
Offaly
83%
Dublin
21%
Offaly
33%
Dublin
29%
Offaly
17%
Galway
64%
Roscommon 71%
Galway
18%
Roscommon 43%
Galway
27%
Roscommon 0%
Kerry
58%
Sligo
65%
Kerry
17%
Sligo
11%
Kerry
Kildare
75%
Tipperary
67%
Kildare
44%
Tipperary
20%
Kildare
100%
Waterford
58%
25%
Kilkenny
Kilkenny
8%
Sligo
0%
25%
Tipperary
33%
0%
Waterford
17%
Kilkenny
50%
Waterford
60%
Westmeath 80%
Laois
33%
Westmeath 30%
Laois
Leitrim
71%
Wexford
58%
Leitrim
0%
Wexford
50%
Leitrim
0%
Wexford
33%
Limerick
64%
Wicklow
75%
Limerick
21%
Wicklow
55%
Limerick
21%
Wicklow
27%
Laois
In almost all counties more than 50% of the
schools reported that Polish is one of the top
three heritage languages
The western half of the country has much
lower numbers of Lithuanian than the
eastern half
23%
Westmeath 40%
There are six counties which didn’t report
any Russian at all. In most counties Russian
is spread evenly across schools
Figure 35: Maps for where Polish, Lithuanian and Russian is spoken
Question 35 asked schools to list the top three languages spoken by students, who’s mother tongue was neither
English nor Irish. The three languages mentioned most were Polish, Lithuanian and Russian. Romanian and Latvian
followed these.
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