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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Nov 1978

Vol. 309 No. 8

Written Answers. - University Undergraduates.

438.

asked the Minister for Education the number of university undergraduates in 1977-78; and the number of such graduates in respect of each county and borough council.

The numbers of university undergraduates in 1977-78 were as follows:

UCD

8339

UCC

4258

UCG

3065

TCD

4677*

St. Patrick's College, Maynooth

781

Total

21,120

* Provisional

The only figures available on a county basis relate to all full-time students and they are as follows:

Area of Permanent Residence

Number

Connacht

Galway

1,706

Leitrim

120

Mayo

697

Roscommon

299

Sligo

280

Leinster

Carlow

205

Dublin City

4,842

Dublin County

2,795

Kildare

433

Kilkenny

311

Laois

214

Longford

170

Louth

365

Meath

354

Offaly

271

Westmeath

327

Wexford

412

Wicklow

460

Munster

Clare

470

Cork

3,104

Kerry

725

Limerick

791

Tipperary

717

Waterford

413

Ulster

Antrim

73

Armagh

38

Cavan

232

Derry

56

Donegal

424

Down

84

Fermanagh

18

Monaghan

187

Tyrone

39

Total

21,632

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