-About 94% of the people of Ireland are Roman Catholics,
and less than 4% are Protestants.
-Protestant groups include the Church off Ireland (Anglican)
and the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches.
-Freedom of worship is guaranteed by thee constitution.
-Almost all the people speak English, annd about one-fourth
also speak Irish, a Gaelic language that is the traditional
tongue of Ireland.
-Irish is spoken as the common language by a relatively
small number of people, mostly in western areas.
-The constitution provides for both Irissh and English as official languages.