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 AREA AND POPULATION

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Population of the counties and county boroughs at the censuses of 1901 and 1911 (cont.) : —

Area in

Total Ponnlation

Increase (+) or

Counties

Statute Acres (exclusive

Decrease (-)

and County Boroughs

1901

1911

percent, between

of water)

1901 and 1911

Province of Munster.

Clare

788,336

112,334

104,282

-7-2

Cork County.

1,841,035

328,489

315,431

-4-0

Cork C.B.

2,081

76,122

76,673

+0-7

Kerry

1,161,752

165,726

159,691

-3-6

Limerick County.

661,574

107,947

104,551

-3-1

Limerick C.B.

2,. 385

38,151

38,518

+1-0

Tipperary

1,051,304

160,232

152.433

-4-9

Waterford County.

453,051

60,418

56,502

-6-5

WaterfordC.B.

1,438

26,769

27,464

+2-6

Total of Munster.

5,963,556

1,076,188

1,035,495

-3-8

Province of Ulster.

Antrim

702,654

196,090

193,864

-ri

Armagh.

312,772

125,392

120,291

-41

Belfast C.B..

14,937

349,180

386,947

+ 10-8

Cavan

467,025

97,541

91,173

-6-5

Donegal.

1,193,641

173,722

168,537

-3-0

Down

608,862

205,8^9

204,303

-0-S

Fermanagh.

417,912

65,430

61,836

-5-5

Londonderry County

512,691

104,612

99.845

-4-5

Londonderry C.B.

2,579

39,892

40,780

+ 2-2

Monaghan

318,990

74,611

71.455

-4-2

Tyrone ....

779,563

150,567

142,665

-5-3

Total of Ulster

5,331, 62(i

1,582,826

1,581,696

-0-1

Province of Connauglit.

Galway

1,467,850

192,549

182,224

-5-4

Leitrim ....

376,510

69,343

63,582

-8-3

M;iyo

1,333,356

199,166

192,577

-3-5

Roscommon.

.

608,290

101,791

93,956

-7-7

Sligo

442,205

84,083

79,045

-6-0

Total of Connauglit

4,228,211

646,932

610,984

-5-6

Total of Ireland

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20,371,124

4,458,775 ;

4,390,219

-1-5

The population of Dublin and its suburbs was 375,135 in 1901, and 403,030 in 1911.

Inhabited houses, 1911, 861,057 against 858,158 in 1901, 870,578 in 1891, 914,108 in 1881, and 961,380 in 1871.

Uninhabited houses, 1911, 68,938 ; 1901, 74,321 ; 1891, 69,320.

The civic population in 1911 was distributed as follows :—

In Towns of

No. of Towns

Inhabitants

Per cent. of Total Population

Over 100,000 ....

Between 50,000 and 100,000

,, 20,000 and 50,000

10,000 and 20,000

,, 5,000 and 10,000

2,000 and 5,000

2

1

5

14 23 . 64

691,749 76,673 173,896 169,554 152,270 206,453

15-5 1-7 4-0 3-9 3-5 4-7

Total

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■ 1,470,595

33-5