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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 21 Mar 1962

Vol. 194 No. 2

Written Answers. - Farm Employees.

102.

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.

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

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