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Irish Community In BritainThe Irish in Britain The Irish diaspora is said to number more people outside of Ireland than at home. Of these various Irish communities abroad the Irish community in Britain has, because of the proximity, the longest history. Famous British Irish Names The 2001 Census The 2001 British census was the first one which allowed British citizens to express an Irish ethnicity. In all previous British census results figures for the Irish community were based on Irish birthplace. In 2001 the percentage claiming Irish ethnicity in England and Wales were 1.2%, while the figure for Scotland was 0.98%. These figures were grossly below expectation. Consider that those who are Irish born are 1.2% of the U.K. population, the figure for Irish ethnicity seems rediculously low. It has been suggested that many people were confused over the new ethnicity question, confusing it with the more traditional 'place of birth' question. It does not seem to reflect the massive second and third generations of people of Irish descent in Britain. Most would agree that the total figure should be in the range of 6-7 million, considering that the Irish have been settling in Britain by the thousands for centuries. The distributions across the country were: 3.07% of Londoners were Irish (of 7,172,036 inhabitants), 4.65% of Luton, 3.77% of Manchester, 1.2% of Liverpool, 3.46% of Coventry, 3.22% of Birmingham, 2.89% of Watford, 2.8% of Trafford, 2.28% of Corby, 2.19% of Hertsmere, 2.07% of Solihull, 2% of Warwick, 1.98% of Glasgow, 1.64% of West Dunbartonshire and 1.44% of Edinburgh. 1.39% of the West Midlands, 0.85% of the East Midlands 1.15% of Northwest England, 0.35% in the Northeast, 1.14% of Eastern England, 0.66% in Yorkshire and the Humber, 1.03% of the Southeast, 0.66% in the Southwest, and 0.61% in Wales. See also External links
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