asked the Taoiseach the number of farm employees (a) living out and (b) living in as revealed in the 1951 Census and the 1961 Census for each county and province and the total for the State.
Written Answers. - Farm Employees.
The information required in respect of the 1951 Census is contained in the following statement. Corresponding particulars from the 1961 Census are not yet available.
NUMBER of farm labourers (a) living out and (b) living in in each County and Province and in the whole State, as returned at the 1951 Census.
County |
Living out |
Living in |
Leinster |
32,749 |
4,744 |
Carlow |
1,916 |
260 |
Dublin County Borough and County |
3,445 |
312 |
Kildare |
3,556 |
363 |
Kilkenny |
2,919 |
869 |
Laoighis |
2,111 |
434 |
Longford |
944 |
164 |
Louth |
1,835 |
283 |
Meath |
4,653 |
357 |
Offaly |
1,839 |
425 |
Westmeath |
1,974 |
289 |
Wexford |
5,397 |
648 |
Wicklow |
2,160 |
340 |
Munster |
23,513 |
10,133 |
Clare |
1,307 |
805 |
Cork County Borough and County |
7,872 |
3,487 |
Kerry |
2,734 |
1,284 |
Limerick County Borough and County |
3,971 |
2,061 |
Tipperary, N.R. |
2,371 |
833 |
Tipperary, S.R. |
2,981 |
1,136 |
Waterford County Borough and County |
2,277 |
527 |
Connacht |
4,221 |
2,057 |
Galway |
1,464 |
785 |
Leitrim |
468 |
222 |
Mayo |
851 |
430 |
Roscommon |
672 |
377 |
Sligo |
766 |
243 |
Ulster (part of) |
6,004 |
1,236 |
Cavan |
1,674 |
460 |
Donegal |
3,213 |
347 |
Monaghan |
1,117 |
429 |
TOTAL |
66,487 |
18,170 |