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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a well developed international missionary programme, usually conducted by young people in their late teenage years to early twenties. Census 2006 indicated that the number of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of Ireland increased by 48.5% between 2002 and 2006, with the religion having 1,237 members in 2006.
Essential Practice Point 1
The Latter-day Saints indicate that members are from a number of countries including Ireland, the UK, other EU countries, the Philippines, North and South America and African countries. Most Latter-day Saints are to be found in urban centres such as Dublin (four congregations), Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Dundalk, Bray, Sligo, Tralee and Mullingar.
Some Latter-day Saints were raised within the religion while others have converted. Both categories are represented within the current membership in Ireland.
The movement refers to members as Latter-day Saints and not 'Mormons'. The term Latter-day Saint should be used to describe the person for data purposes, etc.
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