History and development of Irish population censuses
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Linehan, T. P. 'History and development of Irish population censuses'. - Dublin: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland,Vol. XXVI, Pt. 4, 1991/1992, pp91-132Download Item:
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This year, 1991, was a Census year and marked one hundred and fifty years
since the "Great Population Census" of 1841 was taken. I thought an appropriate
way to remember that historic event would be to look briefly at the
history of Census taking in Ireland over one and one-half centuries, including
the pre-1841 period, but with particular emphasis on 1841 itself. My task
would have been impossible without the invaluable help received from CSO,
particularly from Mr Aidan Punch.
My topic is very appropriate for this Society given the statistical and social
inquiry aspects of the Census and the close association with the Society of
those charged with responsibility for the national Censuses throughout the
whole period of the Society's existence whether as Census Commissioner,
Registrar-General or Director of Statistics. It is worthy of notice that at
the founding in 1847 of the Dublin Statistical Society (which subsequently
blossomed into the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland) one of
the vice-presidents was Capt. Thomas A. Larcom who acted as a temporary
Commissioner for the 1841 Census and was, it would seem, its chief architect
(Black, Millin).
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Read before the Society, 5 December 1991
Author: Linehan, T. P.
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Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandVol. XXVI, Pt. 4, 1991/1992
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Censuses, Ireland, Historical statistics, IrelandISSN:
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