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{{Short description|Overview of Hinduism in the Republic of Ireland}}
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'''[[Hinduism]]''' is a minority religion in Ireland, followed by 0.3% of the country's population.<ref name="CSO2017">http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/population/2017/Chapter_8_Religion.pdf</ref> It is also the second fastest-growing religions by percentage in Ireland.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/ireland-census-hinduism-outpaces-islam-become-one-fastest-growing-populations-722290|title=Hinduism one of the fastest growing religions in Ireland, outpacing Islam|first=Arkadev|last=Ghoshal|date=April 7, 2017|website=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref> Despite this, there are only a small number of recognised temples in the country.

==History==
The vast majority of Welsh Hindus settled in Wales during the second half of the 20th century and came from a number of countries, including India and Uganda. They came in search for economic opportunities, to join family members and/or to seek a safe haven from persecution in their homelands. Today, Wales’ Hindu population is made up of those individuals who came directly from the Indian sub-continent, descendants of those who had originally migrated to other countries but later resettled in Wales, and those born and raised in Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/welsh-history-month-vast-majority-7950771|title=Welsh History Month: The vast majority of Welsh Hindus settled in Wales during the second half of the 20th century|first=Chris|last=Pyke|date=October 17, 2014|website=walesonline}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Hindus in Northern Ireland
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Percent'''
! '''Increase'''
|-
| '''1991'''
| '''0.03%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.08%'''	
|-
| '''2002'''
| '''0.08%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.05%'''	
|-
| '''2006'''
| '''0.14%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.06%'''	 	
|-
| '''2011'''
| '''0.23%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.09%'''	
|-
| '''2016'''
| '''0.30%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.07%'''	 	
|}

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|1991 | 953 
|2002 | 3,099
|2006 | 6,082
|2011 | 10,688
|2016 | 14,300
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The 2016 Irish Census recorded 14,300 Hindu residents in [[Ireland]], making up 0.30% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|author=Patsy McGarry |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0330/1224314101049.html |title=Ireland remains overwhelmingly Catholic |publisher=Irishtimes.com |date=2012-03-30 |access-date=2015-06-02}}</ref> <ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249058598_Changing_religions_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland_19912002</ref><ref name="CSO2017" />

In the 2016 Irish Census, Hinduism grew by 34% to surpass 14000 people, even faster than Islam (29% increase over the same time period).<ref name="auto1"/> Hinduism now makes up 0.3% of the population, growing 10-fold as a share of the population in 25 years (from the 1991 census to the 2016 census). Hinduism is now the 7th largest Religion, ahead of Pentecostal.<ref name="CSO2017"/>


According to the 2016 census, there are 87 [[Hare Krishnas]] in Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/census-finds-2000-devotees-to-star-wars-jedi-religion-35634436.html|title=Census finds 2,000 devotees to Star Wars 'Jedi' religion|website=Independent.ie}}</ref> down from 91 Hare Krishna's in 2011 census.<ref>https://statbank.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/saveselections.asp</ref>

===Age and sex===
Hindus are younger than the general population with an average age for men of 29.5 and for women 27.3 compared with 36.7 and 38.0 for the general population. There were 132 Hindu men for every 100 Hindu women in 2016, a ratio which has fallen from 157 per 100 ten years earlier.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Religion - Non-Christian |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp8iter/p8iter/p8rnc/# |website=cso.ie/en |publisher=Central Statistics Office, Government of Ireland |access-date=20 October 2019}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref>
      
==Profession and Social class==
Just over half (50.6%) of Hindus at work were in the broad occupational category 'professional'. Of all Hindus workers 15.0 per cent were programmers and software development professionals. Hindus (18.4%) were more concentrated in the higher social classes than the general population(8.1%) while 40.5 per cent lived in households classified to the managerial or technical class. Fewer relative numbers were found in the skilled manual, semi-skilled and unskilled occupations than for the general population (16.1% and 28.2% respectively).<ref name="auto"/>

==Nationality and ethnicity==
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{{bar percent|Asian(other than Chinese)|Yellow|79.5}}
{{bar percent|Mixed|Blue|15.42}}
{{Bar percent|White Irish|Red|1.34}}
{{Bar percent|Black|green|1.92}}
{{Bar percent|Other White|green|0.7}}
{{Bar percent|Not stated|grey|1.1}}
}}
In all 41.7 per cent of Hindus were of Indian nationality. This was followed very closely by [[Irish people|Irish]] (41.6%), [[Mauritian]] (6.9%) and [[Nepalis|Nepalese]] (3.0%). Of the Hindus with Irish nationality (5,676 persons), 35.1 per cent were born in Ireland.<ref name="auto"/>

The census results show that 79.5 per cent of Hindus declared themselves to be of Asian (other than Chinese) ethnicity, compared with 80.4 per cent in 2011.

==Hindu temples==
The following is a list of known Hindu temples in the Republic of Ireland.

===Donegal===
Temples in [[County Donegal|Donegal]]:
*Hindu Temple and Indian Community Centre, [[Letterkenny]], Co. Donegal<ref name="INCLetterkenny">{{cite web|title=INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE - Letterkenny, Co. Donegal|url=http://www.letterkennyindians.ie/|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228211524/http://www.letterkennyindians.ie/|archive-date=28 February 2012}}</ref>

===Dublin===
Temples in [[County Dublin|Dublin]]:
*[[Sister Nivedita|Nivedita]] House ([[Ramakrishna Math and Mission]]), [[Dublin]] <ref name="Éire Vedanta Society">{{cite web|title=Éire Vedanta Society|url=https://rkmireland.org|website=rkmireland.org|access-date=22 August 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*Hare Krishna Cultural Centre ([[ISKCON]]), [[Dublin]] 1.<ref name="ISKCONDublin">{{cite web|title=History - Krishna Ireland Dublin Temple|url=http://krishna.ie/dublin/history|website=Dublin Krishna Temple|access-date=30 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vinayaka]] Temple, [[Kingswood, Dublin]] 24.<ref name="IVT">{{cite web|title=Ireland Ananda Sidhi Vinayaka Temple|url=http://www.ivt.ie/|website=www.ivt.ie|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>
*Vedic Hindu Cultural Centre Ireland Temple , Unit 2D, Sunbury Industrial Estate, Ballymount Rd Lower, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.ie |title=Essence of Hinduism &#124; Hindu |publisher=Hindu.ie |access-date=2015-06-02}}</ref>

===Meath===
Temples in [[County Meath|Meath]]:
*B.A.P.S. [[Swaminarayan Sanstha]], [[Enfield, County Meath|Enfield]], County Meath.<ref name="BAPS">{{cite web|title=BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir|url=http://www.mandir.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611161524/http://mandir.org/|archive-date=2013-06-11 }}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Religion in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Hinduism in Northern Ireland]]
*[[Hinduism in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Hinduism in England]]
*[[Hinduism in Scotland]]
*[[Hinduism in Wales]]
*[[Hinduism in the West]]
*[[Hindu eschatology]]
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==References==
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