• PEOPLE NAME: GAELIC IRISH OF UNITED STATES

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PEID: 47267

ROP: 104066

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Affinity Group: European Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples

People Cluster: Anglo-Celt

Language: Irish - (gle)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: United States

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Population: 23,000

Global Population: 23,000


PEID: 47267

ROP: 104066

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Gaelic Irish of United States, numbering 23,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Anglo-Celt people cluster within the Eurasian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in United States. Their primary language is Irish. The primary religion practiced by the Gaelic Irish is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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