Happy Mother's Day!
There's over 1 million mammies in Ireland, and the average age is now 30 years old. Heres some Mammy relates facts from the CSO
- Over 400,00 adult children still live with their mammies at home.
- There are over 60,000 families in the country with 4 or more kids, but over 4,000 with over 6 kids!
- The largest families live in Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan.
- In 2015, 65,909 wee babies were born. 33,619 boys and 32,290 girls.
- July was the most popular month for having babies.
- Jack and Emily are still the most popular names for babies.
- Newcomer popular names are George for the boys, and Annabelle, Mila and Rosie for girls.
- The most babies are born in Dublin City, and the least babies are born in Leitrim.
- The fertility rate for Ireland was 1.9 in 2015.
Now don't forget to get your mammy a nice present on Sunday.
