The county with the highest and lowest divorce rate have been revealed

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The figures range from 2000 to 2017. 

Carlow has the highest divorce rate in Ireland, while Leitrim has the lowest, according to an analysis of applications to the Circuit Court.

The data, which provides divorce application figures per county from 2000 to 2017, shows Carlow’s current rate of 1.2 divorce applications per 1,000 population is now the highest in Ireland, with the County surpassing Dublin back in 2015, reports the Irish Times. 

Dublin did have the highest rate of divorce applications in the country from 2010 to 2014, and has been the only county above the national average for divorce applications since 2000. 

However in 2017 Clare, Cork, Kerry, Longford, Sligo, Westmeath and Wexford all had a rate higher than Dublin.

Three counties – Donegal, Cavan and Kildare – have been continuously below the national rate since 2000. 

County with the highest divorce rate every year since 2000: 

2000: Dublin

2001: Dublin

2002: Cork

2003: Cork

2004: Dublin

2005: Carlow

2006: Wexford

2007: Dublin

2008: Galway

2009: Meath

2010: Dublin

2011: Dublin

2012: Dublin

2013: Dublin

2014: Dublin

2015: Carlow

2016: Carlow

2017: Carlow 

The lowest: 

2000: Kerry

2001: Leitrim

2002: Galway

2003: Galway

2004: Roscommon

2005: Wexford

2006: Leitrim

2007: Kerry

2008: Leitrim

2009: Kilkenny

2010: Westmeath

2011: Monaghan

2012: Meath

2013: Cavan

2014: Cavan

2015: Monaghan

2016: Kilkenny

2017: Leitrim