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Census Table 2011 - Ireland
Worksheet 1
Calculate the difference in membership for each of the religious denominations from 2006 – 2011. The first one has been done as an example:
|Religious Denomination |
|2006 |
|2011 |
|Actual change |
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|Roman Catholic |
| |
|3,681,446 |
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|3,861,335 |
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|179,889 |
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|Church of Ireland |
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|121,229 |
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|129,039 |
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|Muslim (Islamic) |
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|32,539 |
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|49,204 |
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|Orthodox |
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|20,798 |
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|45,223 |
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|Other Christian Religions |
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|29,206 |
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|41,161 |
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|Presbyterian |
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|23,546 |
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|24,600 |
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|Apostolic or Pentecostal |
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|8,116 |
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|14,013 |
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|Hindu |
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|6,082 |
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|10,688 |
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|Buddhist |
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|6,516 |
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|8,703 |
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|Methodist |
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|12,160 |
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|6,842 |
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|Jehovah’s Witness |
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|5,152 |
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|6,149 |
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|Lutheran |
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|5,279 |
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|5,683 |
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|Protestant |
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|4,356 |
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|5,326 |
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|Baptist |
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|3,338 |
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|3,521 |
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|Jewish |
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|1,930 |
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|1,984 |
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Worksheet 2
Examine the Census table on page1 to complete this worksheet.
Q1. Name the three religions with the greatest increases in numbers from 2006-2011.
(i)___________________________(ii)________________________(iii)_____________________
Q2. Name three religions that have declined in numbers from 2006-2011.
(i)_________________________(ii)_________________________(iii)______________________
Q3. Name five religions with the largest membership numbers.
(i)_________________________(ii)___________________(iii)___________________________
(iv)________________________(v)_____________________
Q4. Which religion has the smallest membership in 2011?
_______________________________________________
Q5. When you examine the figures for Census 2011, which figures surprised you the most? Explain why?
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Worksheet 3
Examine the following pie-chart and answer questions on it.
Q1. Which religion has the largest membership?
_____________________________________________
Q2. Which religion has the smallest membership?
______________________________________________
Q3. What is the combined percentage for Christians and Muslims?
_____________________________________________________
Q4. What is the combined percentage for Hindus and Buddhists?
_______________________________________________________
Q5. What is the combined percentage for other religions and non-religious?
_____________________________________________________________
Worksheet 4
Examine the Atlas of World faiths below.
Draw a bar graph to show the percentage of believers for any five world faiths contained in the pie chart below.
Worksheet 5
Examine the timeline chart below for the major world religions. Answer the question that follow.
Q1. According to the timeline, what is the oldest world faith?
________________________________________________
Q2. What is the youngest world faith?
________________________________________________
Q3. What year did Christianity begin?
________________________________________________
Q4. What does the term BC stand for in the timeline?
___________________________________________
Q5. What does the term AD stand for in the timeline?
____________________________________________
Q6. When did Secular Humanism begin to establish?
____________________________________________
Worksheet 6
Examine the Interfaith calendar and fill in the blank calendar that follows:
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|WORLD FAITH |NAME OF FEAST |MONTH CELEBRATED |EVENT CELEBRATED |
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|Christianity |Ash Wednesday |2nd/3rd month |The first day of Lent for Western |
| | | |Christian churches. Lent is the season |
| | | |marking the time Jesus spent in the |
| | | |wilderness. |
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|Christianity |Good Friday |3rd/4th month |Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. |
| | | |It commemorates the execution of Jesus by |
| | | |crucifixion. |
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|Christianity |Easter Sunday |3rd/4th Month |Christians celebrate the Resurrection of |
| | | |Jesus Christ - his return from death after|
| | | |the Crucifixion. The most important |
| | | |Christian festival. |
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|Christianity |Pentecost |4th/5th/6th Month |The seventh Sunday after Easter, |
| |7th Sunday after Easter | |commemorating the descent of the Holy |
| | | |Spirit upon the disciples and the birth of|
| | | |the Christian Church. |
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|Jewish |Passover |3rd/4th Month |The start of the season of Passover when |
| | | |Jews commemorate the liberation of the |
| | | |Children of Israel who were led out of |
| | | |Egypt by Moses. |
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|Jewish |Rosh Hashanah |9th/10th Month |Jewish New Year. A two-day festival during|
| | | |which work is not permitted. |
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|Jewish |Yom Kippur |9th/10th Month |Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of |
| | | |the Jewish year. |
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|WORLD FAITH |NAME OF FEAST |MONTH CELEBRATED |EVENT CELEBRATED |
| | | |Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic |
|Muslim |Ramadan |6th/7th Month |calendar, when Muslims fast during |
| | | |daylight hours.There are several reasons |
| | | |why Ramadan is considered important: |
| | | |The Qur'an was first revealed during this |
| | | |month |
| | | |The gates of Heaven are open |
|Muslim |Eid-UL-Fitr |7th/8th Month |The end of Ramadan when Muslims celebrate |
| | | |the end of fasting and thank Allah for His|
| | | |help with their month-long act of |
| | | |self-control. |
| | | |Nirvana Day is also known as Parinirvana |
|Buddhist |Nirvana Day |2nd Month |and is celebrated by some Buddhists on |
| | | |February 8th. Nirvana Day is the |
| | | |celebration of Buddha's death when he |
| | | |reached total Nirvana, at the age of 80. |
| | | |The most important of the Buddhist |
|Buddhist |Wesak |5th Month |festivals. It celebrates the Buddha's |
| | | |birthday, and, for some Buddhists, also |
| | | |marks his enlightenment and death. |
| | | |Diwali, the festival of lights, is the |
|Hinduism |Diwali |10th/11th Month |most popular of all the festivals from |
| | | |South Asia. It is an occasion for |
| | | |celebrations by Hindus as well as Jains |
| | | |and Sikhs. |
|Hinduism |Mahashivratri |2nd Month |Mahashivratri is a Hindu festival |
| | | |dedicated to Shiva, one of the deities of |
| | | |the Hindu Trinity. |
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On the blank calendar below fill in the month in which each of the religious festivals on worksheet 6 take place. Please note that some festivals may take place over one or more months.
For Example: Easter Sunday takes place in the 3rd/4th Month so you fill in Easter Sunday in both March and April as below
|January |Feburary |March |April |
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| | |Easter Sunday |Easter Sunday |
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|May |June |July |August |
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|September |October |November |December |
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