Original sentence: A comparison with the results for 2002 showed that the percentage of catholics in Ireland is slowly dropping, in the 4 years between 2002 and 2006 the drop was a mere 1,4 % less than 0,4 annually.According to the 2006 census, the number of people who described themselves as having "no religion" was 186,318 (4.4%)up by 35% when compared with the 2002 reults, although this fails to differentiate between non-religious people and  pagans/spiritual people who simply reject formal Christian dogma.Accoridng to the 2006 census, early 2006 approximately 86.8% of the population identified themselves as Roman Catholic and were from a Roman Catholic background.Between 1996 and 2001, regular Mass attendance (that is monthly or more often), declined further from 60% to 48% (it had been above 90% before 1973), and all but two of its major seminaries have closed (St Patrick's College, Maynooth and St Malachy's College, Belfast).However, according to this source, there has also been a decline over the years with respect to mass attendance.The second largest Christian denomination, the Church of Ireland (Anglican), was declining in number for most of the twentieth century fact, but has more recently experienced a small increase in membership, according to the 2006 census, as have other small Christian denominations, as well as Hinduism
Edited sentence: According to the 2006 census, the number of people who described themselves as having "no religion" was 186,318 (4.4%), although this fails to differentiate between non-religious people and  pagans/spiritual people who simply reject formal Christian dogma.Approximately 86.8% of the population identify themselves as Roman Catholic and are from a Roman Catholic background.Between 1996 and 2001, regular Mass attendance, declined further from 60% to 48% (it had been above 90% before 1973), and all but two of its major seminaries have closed (St Patrick's College, Maynooth and St Malachy's College, Belfast).However, according to this source, there has been a major decline in this attendance in the course of the past 30 years.The second largest Christian denomination, the Church of Ireland (Anglican), was declining in number for most of the twentieth century, but has more recently experienced an increase in membership, according to the 2006 census, as have other small Christian denominations, as well as Hinduism