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County Leitrim Census 1841-1861
Census figures for population in County Leitrim
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Males
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Females
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Year
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Area in statute acres
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Heads of family & children
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Visitors
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Servants
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Total males
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Heads of family & children
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Visitors
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Servants
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Total females
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Total males and females
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1841
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393,363
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66,830
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7,274
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3,397
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77,501
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63,021
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10,065
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3,910
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77,796
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155,397
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1851
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392,363
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49,090
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5,411
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3,610
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56,111
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46,078
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6,578
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3,130
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55,786
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111,897
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1861
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376,212
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46,591
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3,715
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2,256
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52,562
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44,874
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4,339
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2,469
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52,182
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104,744
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Employment in County Leitrim
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Families classified according to their:
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Pursuits as chiefly employed in:
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Means as chiefly dependent on:
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Year
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Agriculture
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Trades, Manu-facturing, etc
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Other pursuits
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Vested means, Professions, etc
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The direction
of labour
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Their own manual labour
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Means not specified
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1841
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21,663
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4,067
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1,461
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508
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5,799
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20,479
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406
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1851
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14,680
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2,702
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2,815
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879
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11,277
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7,068
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975
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1861
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12,483
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1,881
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5,177
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1,016
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12,024
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4,957
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1,544
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Literacy in County Leitrim
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Can read and write
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Can read only
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Can neither read nor write
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Year
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Male
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Female
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Male
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Female
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Male
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Female
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Total males
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Total females
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1841
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23,208
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7,773
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11,995
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14,318
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31,664
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45,165
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66,867
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67,256
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1851
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18,460
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8,940
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9,225
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11,395
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22,537
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29,558
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50,222
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49,893
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1861
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20,578
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12,044
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8,498
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12,014
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16,109
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20,972
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45,185
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45,030
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