610 



Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Horses, 



Asses. 



Population, &c. 



587 I 

 356 j 



Population Table — continued. 



Remarks. 

 ^ Or only one beast of burden nearly, to everj^ 

 two families. Major Bingham and "a 

 few others have some good horses. The 

 general breed is small, but hardy. 

 This is more than one to each family. 



943 



1967 



2348 



919 



624 

 1838 



734 

 3156 



i At Major Bingham's, Rev. Mr. Dawson's, 

 ( and Rev. Mr. Lyons's. 



Same, 

 f Or nearly one to every third family. The 

 ( substitute — straw, rushes, or bent. 



i "Wanting clothes, or nearly one-third of the 



( whole population. 

 ^. I In a year of great plenty, but after two of 

 ' I great scarcity. 

 454 ' 

 236 

 2 



Cows, 



Sheep, 

 Pigs, 

 Ploughs, 

 Carts, . 



Feather beds, 



Blaniets, 



Men without shoes. 



Men, women, and children. 



Buying provisions, . 

 Sick, .... 

 Died (1831), . 

 Carriages (four-wheeled). 

 Carriages (two-wheeled), 8 



(c.) Language and Illiteracy — Language. — I regret to be unable to 

 give bere the proportion of people speaking Irisb alone, and Irisb 

 and Englisb, as tbe census autborities make tbe return by baronies 

 only. Tbe great majority of tbe people are bi-lingual, speakiag 

 botb Irisb and Englisb, employing Irisb mainly "^ben speaking among 

 tbemselves, but there is some small proportion, especially among tbe 

 older people, wbo speak no Englisb. Tbe inbabitants of Inisbkea 

 do not usually speak anytbing but Irisb. on tbeir own islands, 

 tbougb baving a fair knowledge of Englisb ; but many of tbe women 

 on tbese islands bave no knowledge of tbe last-named language. 

 About Portacloy tbere are many wbo " bave no Englisb." 



Illiteracy. — Tbe return for tbis is given by parisbes. In Kilmore, 

 in 1891, tbere were 3590 persons of five years old and upwards; of 

 tbese 2135 or 59*5 per. cent, were illiterate. 





Persons. 



Male. 



Female. 



Kumber above 5 years, 3590 

 Illiterate, . . . 2135 

 Percentage, . . 59-5 



1811 

 978 

 54-0 



1779 

 1157 

 65-0 



