Males aged 20 & over, in four industrial categories

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1831 Occupational Categories (simplified) 1831
Agriculture 297 Show data context
Manufacturing 0 Show data context
Retail & Handicraft 14 Show data context
Other 17 Show data context
Date: Source:
1831 1831 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'

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The 1831 census provided information at parish-level on the number of males aged over 20 in each of nine occupational categories. Here we re-organise those nine categories into four to get some sense of the distribution of agriculture, of the new manufacturing industries and of the urban "trades". "Agriculture" is quite well-defined here, combining large- and small-scale farmers with agricultural labourers. "Manufacturing" is narrowly defined, excluding labourers and "capitalists", and focuses on the new factory-...


based industries. "Retail and handicrafts" covers the many workers in small businesses who sold products at the front of their shop and made them at the back. The "other" category covers "capitalists" and professionals, labourers outside agriculture, servants and "others".


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dromin IrlPar through time | Industry Statistics | Males aged 20 & over, in four industrial categories, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 14th November 2024