Some locations, such as Koroit in Victoria, Kapunda in South Australia and Kiama in New South Wales had disproportionate numbers of Irish settlers, but virtually every community in every colony had its Irish component.
Melbourne, Australia
The largest concentration of Irish communities can be found in and around the suburbs of St Kilda and Elwood, east of the city.
Irish Australian settlement patterns are not significantly different from those of the Australian population as a whole – that is, a third live in New South Wales and a quarter live in Victoria, with 13 per cent living in Queensland (compared to only 18 per cent of the general population).
Dublin is the only city in Ireland with a population greater than 1 million. Dublin is the capital and most populous city of Ireland.
Cities with the largest Irish-born populations were Sydney (12,730), Melbourne (8,950) and Perth (7,060).
In Australia, home to the third-largest population of Irish migrants, about 2 million people, or 10 percent of the population, said they were of Irish descent in the 2011 census. In Canada, which also has many Irish emigrants, about 13 percent of the population claims Irish roots.
The earliest known Irish surname is O'Clery (O Cleirigh); it's the earliest known because it was written that the lord of Aidhne, Tigherneach Ua Cleirigh, died in County Galway back in the year 916 A.D.
Sandycove in Dublin has been voted the most expensive place to buy a house in Ireland, according to Daft. ie's Wealth Report. Property values there reach an average of €910,000, while Dalkey has the highest concentration of property millionaires, coming in at 609, followed by Blackrock with 576 and Rathgar with 551.
Irish markers can be found in South Australian archaeology, architecture, geography and history. Some of these are visible in the hundreds of Irish place names that dot the South Australian landscape, such as Clare, Donnybrook, Dublin, Kilkenny, Navan, Rostrevor, Tipperary, and Tralee (as Tarlee).
Like Sydney, Melbourne has huge historical links to the Irish. Often described as the most 'European' of Australian cities, Melbourne has large concentrations of Irish communities in and around the suburbs of St Kilda and Elwood, east of the city.
A National Historic Site, the outport community on Fogo Island has survived relatively untouched for eight generations, and is so distinctively Celtic that the BBC called the area “Canada's little-known Emerald Isle.” The Irish Times dubbed it “the most Irish island in the world,” and “Irish on the rocks.”
Irish-born immigrants and their descendants have been a feature of the Australian population since the arrival of the First Fleet in New South Wales in 1788. Their influence upon, and contribution to, Australia's ever-changing and evolving cultural, economic, political and social life was of central significance.
Quirke (Ó Cuirc): This rare surname has its origins in the Gaelic word “cuirc,” meaning “heart” or “valorous.” It is primarily found in the southern counties of Ireland, particularly Cork and Tipperary.
[ ahy-rish-woom-uhn ] SHOW IPA. / ˈaɪ rɪʃˌwʊm ən / PHONETIC RESPELLING. noun, plural I·rish·wom·en. a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated individual ancestries as a proportion of the total population were: English (33%) Australian (29.9%) Irish (9.5%)
The United States has the most people of Irish descent, while in Australia those of Irish descent are a higher percentage of the population than in any other country outside Ireland. Many Icelanders have Irish and Scottish Gaelic forebears.
The population is currently estimated to be between 5,000 and 25,000 peoples, with significant numbers of Roma living in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. The Romani community is underrepresented in Australian society, and is commonly referred to as the 'invisible community'.
In the whole world, there are an estimated 1.2 million speakers of the Irish language. Of this number, only about 170,000 speak it as a first language. The great majority — about 98 percent — of Irish speakers live in Ireland itself.
For the most part, the Irish ethnicity is Gaelic, a group of the ethnolinguistic Celtic families. However, the island was also influenced by Romans as well as invaded by the Vikings, the English, and a Viking-English-French mixture called the Normans.
Dublin. Dublin and its suburbs are reported to be the site of the largest number of daily Irish speakers, with 14,229 persons speaking Irish daily, representing 18 per cent of all daily speakers.