4 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, IRELAND, 1891.
I.—The
distribution of agricultural labourers in Ireland when at home.-
in the following statement:—
-This is shown
Table I.—Showing
for each County and Province the number of Migratory Agricultural Labourers, whose usual residence is situated therein; with the proportion of such Labourers to every 1,000 of the population, for the years 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1891, respectively.
Population (Unri \iMd) in 1891.
Migratory Agricultural Labourers.
Rate per 1,000 according to the Census of Provisoes a:sd Counties.
1S81.
I lBai.
Number in Number in Number in Number in
in 18S8.
in 1889.
ia 1890.
in 1891.
.
IMS.
1889.
lSDO.
1891.
Leinster Province :
Carlow County, 40,899 5 0-1 Dublin
„ 429,111 9 14 3 — Kildare
„ 69,988 13 2 11 9 0*2 0*1 0*1 Kilkenny „ 87,154 6 4 6 11 0*1 0*1 0*1 King's ,, 65,408 1 — — — —
— —
Longford „ 52,553 45 24 48 37 0*7 0*4 0*8 0-7 Louth
„ 70,852 95 70 82 63 1-2 0*9 1-1 0*9 Meath
„ 76,616 6 2 2 1 0*1 — — — Queen's „ 64,639 7 19 .—
— 0*1 0-3 Westmeath,, 65,028 1 — — — —
— Wexford
,, 111,536 9 2 9 13 —, — 0*1 0-1 Wicklow
„ 61,934 — 9 2 9 — 0*1 —
—
Munster Province :
Clare County, 123,859 13 10 3 0*1 0*1 —
—
Cork
„ 436,641 87 65 61 35 0-2 0-1 0*1 0-1 Kerry „ 178,919 88 138 145 81 0*4 0-7 0*7 0*5 Limerick
„ 158,563 10 7 1 0*1 — —
—
Tipperary M 172,882 9 28 18 .—
— 0*1 0*1 Waterford
„ 98,130 4 2 4 9 — — — 0-1 Ulster Province :
Antrim County, 427,968 9 IS 32 19 — 0*1 —
Armagh 143,056 325 260 331 182 2-0 1-6 2-0 1*3 Cavan „ 111,679 65 26 26 38 0*5 0*2 0*2 0*3 Donegal „ 185,211 831 954 1,075 1,320 4*0 4-6 5*2 7-1 Down
„ 266,893 45 70 23 54 0-2 0-3 0*1 0*2 Fermanagh „ 74,037 2 6 4 19 — 0-1 — 0-3 Londonderry „ 151,666 21 16 40 31 0*1 0*1 0*2 0-2 Monaghan „ 86,089 44 46 37 65 0*4 0*4 0-4 0-8 Tyrone „ 171,278 52 26 54 27 0*3 0*1 0*3 0-2 Connaught Province :
Galway County, 214,256 1,247 1,416 1,376 1,366 5*2 5-8 5-7 6-4 Leitrim „ 78,379 262 205 269 294 2-9 2-3 3*0 3*8 Mayo „ 218,406 7.087
7,291 8,490 7,271 28*9 29-7 34*6 33-3 .Roscommon
„ 114,194 787 754 1,109 1,390 5-9 5-7 8*4 12*2 Sligo „ 98,338 558 605 790 748 5-0 5-4 7*1 7*6 Summary.
Leinster Province, 1,195,718 177 113 187 158 04 o-i 0*1 0-1 Munster
„ 1,168,994 211 222 238 147 0*2 0-2 0*2 0-1 Ulster
„ 1,617,877 1,394 1,422 1,022 1,755 0*8 0-8 0-9 1-1 Connanght „
Total of Ireland, .
723,573 9,941 10,271 12,034 11,069 12-1 12-5 14-6 15-3 4,706,162 11,723 12,028 14,081 13,129 2*3 2-3 2*7 2*8 The number of Migratory Agricultural Labourers returned in 1880 was 22,900, in 1881—21,322 ; in 1882—16,836 ; in 1883—14,780 ; in 1884—14,413 ; in 1885—13,140 : In 1886—12,375; in 1887—12,423: in 1888—11,723; in 1889—12,028; in 1890— 14,081, and in 1891, 13,129.
More than five-sixths of the entire number for 1891, namely, 11,069, are natives of the Province of Connaught.
Of these, 7,271, come from the county of Mayo-alone,, which county furnishes over one-half of all the Irish migratory labourers.
