Claim: There are more Orangemen than fluent Irish speakers in Northern Ireland.
Fact-check: Are there more Orangemen than fluent Irish speakers? - FactCheckNI
Verdict: unsubstantiated. the 2017-18 continuous household survey indicates there are an estimated 35,955 persons with conversational fluency of irish, and the current grand secretary of the orange order has said that it has "around 40,000" members. however, the order membership figure is unverifiable.
Organisation: FactCheckNI
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-01-10T00:00:00