How many people in Northern Ireland hold an Irish passport?

My estimate is that approximately 24% of the Northern Ireland population currently (Dec 2017) hold an Irish Passport (see rough calculations and assumptions below). In addition roughly 30% of N.I. Passport holders may now hold an Irish Passport*. read more

According to this demographic information (Demography of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia), 20.8 per cent of the resident population or 1,810,863 (as of the 2011 census) hold an Irish passport. That’s 376,660 people. read more

Since Friday morning's referendum result, thousands of people have been applying for Irish passports. It's happening particularly in Northern Ireland, where most of the population qualifies, and where, unlike England, almost 56 percent of voters chose to remain in the EU. read more

Since Friday morning's referendum result, thousands of people have been applying for Irish passports. It's happening particularly in Northern Ireland, where most of the population qualifies, and where, unlike England, almost 56% of voters chose to remain in the EU. read more