The short answer
The Living Bread maps 345 Christian churches in Ireland in its open, verifiable directory. This is a growing sample from open data, not a national total, so the real number is far higher.Ireland in context
5.1 millionpopulation
81.0%Christian (Census of Ireland, 2022)
4.2 millionChristians (approx.)
345churches we map
The churches of Ireland are predominantly Roman Catholic, with the Church of Ireland and other traditions.
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Browse the 345 churches we map, by city, with denomination and location where the open data records it.
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The Living Bread. “How Many Churches Are in Ireland?” living-bread.org/how-many-churches-in-ireland.
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Population from Wikidata; Christian share from Census of Ireland (2022); church directory from OpenStreetMap, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. A growing directory, not a national census. We never invent totals.
