London has Great Britains biggest Irish population and there was a particularly big community in the (affectionately known) County Kilburn area of northwest London.

What percentage of London is Irish?

At the 2011 census, London had a population of 8,173,941. Of this number 44.9% were White British .2011 Census.NumberPercentage of total populationWhite: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British3,669,28444.9White: Irish175,9742.222 more rows

What part of Ireland is British?

The rest of Ireland (6 counties) was to become Northern Ireland, which was still part of the United Kingdom although it had its own Parliament in Belfast. As in India, independence meant the partition of the country. Ireland became a republic in 1949 and Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom.