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===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/en/newsandevents/pressreleases/2012pressreleases/pressreleasecensus2011profile9whatweknow/|title=Profile 9 What We Know – Education, skills and the Irish language |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|CSO]]|date=22 November 2012}}</ref> In a survey of a small sample of adults who had grown up in Dublin and had completed full-time education, 54% of respondents reported some fluency in Irish, ranging from being able to make small talk to complete fluency. Only 19% of speakers spoke Irish three or more times per week, with a plurality (43%) speaking Irish less than once a fortnight.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://languagecontact.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/McrLC/casestudies/NC/NC_Irish.pdf |last=Carty |first=Nicola |title=The First Official Language? The status of the Irish language in Dublin}}</ref> There is an Irish-language centre ''Áras Chrónáin'' in Clondalkin and an Irish language GAA club [[Na Gaeil Óga CLG]] based in Lucan and the Phoenix Park. County Dublin has over 50 [[Gaelscoileanna]] including 10 [[Gaelcholáiste|Gaelcholáistí]].
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