The National School System and the Irish Language
in the Nineteenth Century
Nicholas Wolf
New York University
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Source: Fiftieth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1883), H.C.
Sources: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
L.A. Clarkson, et al., Database of Irish Historical Statistics. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive, November 1997. SN: 3573, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3573-1
Concentration of Irish-Speaking Community, 1851
Rank/County |
Percent of All Irish Monoglots in Ireland Resident in County | Cumulative Percent | Percent of All Irish Speakers in Ireland Resident in County | Cumulative Percent |
1. Galway | 26.0 | 26.0 | 19.8 | 19.8 |
2. Kerry | 15.0 | 41.0 | 11.5 | 31.3 |
3. Donegal | 14.6 | 55.6 | 8.0 | 39.3 |
4. Mayo | 14.6 | 70.2 | 15.7 | 55.0 |
5. Cork | 11.5 | 81.7 | 18.7 | 73.7 |
6. Clare | 7.6 | 89.3 | 8.0 | 81.7 |
7. Waterford | 6.3 | 95.6 | 6.5 | 88.2 |
8. Sligo | 2.4 | 98.0 | 2.5 | 90.7 |
9. Limerick | 1.1 | 99.1 | 2.4 | 93.1 |
Source: L.A. Clarkson, et al., Database of Irish Historical Statistics. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive, November 1997. SN: 3573, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3573-1
Source: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
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Source: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
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Sources: G. FitzGerald, Irish Primary Education in the Early Nineteenth Century (2013); Reports of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1835-1865, H.C.
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Sources: G. FitzGerald, Irish Primary Education in the Early Nineteenth Century (2013); Reports of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1835-1865, H.C.
Sources: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
L.A. Clarkson, et al., Database of Irish Historical Statistics. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive, November 1997. SN: 3573, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3573-1
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Sources: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
L.A. Clarkson, et al., Database of Irish Historical Statistics. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive, November 1997. SN: 3573, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3573-1
Sources: G. FitzGerald, Irish Primary Education in the Early Nineteenth Century (2013)
L.A. Clarkson, et al., Database of Irish Historical Statistics. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive, November 1997. SN: 3573, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3573-1
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Source: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
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Source: Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (for the Year 1851), H.C.
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The National School System and the Irish Language in the Nineteenth Century
By Nicholas Wolf
The National School System and the Irish Language in the Nineteenth Century
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