Ireland Population

So, the population of Ireland as of 2012 is 6,407,743 people and the largest city is Dublin, Ireland, with 1,030,431 people.

Most of Ireland was covered with ice until the end of the last ice age over 9,000 years ago. Sea levels were lower and Ireland, like Great Britain, was part of continental Europe. Mesolithic stone age inhabitants arrived some time after 8,000 BC and agriculture followed with the Neolithic Age around 4,500 to 4,000 BC.