For the first time, the Irish Census results include all religious minorities with thirty or more respondents. There are nearly sixty listed. Here are some of the more interesting facts:
- More Lapsed Catholics (8,094) than Lapsed Church of Ireland (74)
- More Jedi Knights (2,050) than Jews (1,929) or Jains (134)
- More Rastafarians (114) than Pastafarians (92)
- More Pastafarians (92) than Scientologists or Hare Krishnas (87 each)
- More Kimbanguists (69) than Zoroastrians (35)
- More Satanists (78) than Salvation Army members (52)
- The smallest stated allegiances are Eckist and Theist (30 each)
- Some wrote Atheist (7,477) or Agnostic (5,006) under ‘Other Religion’
Here are the figures for all stated religions with 30 or more respondents:
Irish Census 2016 – More Rastas than Pastas, More Jedis than Jews or Jains
No figure for Reformed Pastafarians?
So why, unlike most European country are there not 20-40% Humanists?
What about Vulcans?