Visualise 1841 census data for Killashandra – Literacy Levels, Children’s Education, Life Expectancy. Compare results for individual townlands versus the entire parish. See a further explanation of each chart below the dashboard.
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1841 census
Killashandra Census of 1841
Killashandra is the only parish in Cavan for which census records from 1841 have survived.
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1976 Breifne article by Rev. Gerard Alwill on the 1841 Killeshandra census
Thanks to Brendan Scott, editor Breifne Journal, and Rev. Gerard Alwill for allowing us to reproduce this detailed study and analysis which throws great light on the contents of the 1841 census records.
INTRODUCTION
The 1841 Census was held on the night of 6 June of that year. Return sheets were to be filled in that night by the head of each household. This study of the parish of Killeshandra was based on micro-film copies of the return sheets. Most of the return sheets have been preserved in good condition. From these it is possible to construct an accurate account of social conditions in the parish during the years before the famine. In general we have very little information on social conditions in Co. Cavan for these pre-famine years. I hope that this study will make some small contribution in that regard.
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