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1926 Census County Armagh Report GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND CENSUS OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1926 -- ...::... _-..:, ____.. ~ ~,_ COUNTY OF ARMAGH. Printed and presented pursuant to the provisions of 15 and 16 Geo. V., ch. 21 BELFAST: PUBLISHED BY H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND. To be purchased directly from H. M. Stationery Office at the following addresses : 15 DONEGALL SQUARE WEST, BELFAST: 120 GEORGE ST., EDINBURGH ; YORK ST., MANCHESTER ; 1 ST. ANDREW'S CRESCENT, CARDIFF; ADASTRAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2; OR THROUGH ANY BOOKSELLER. 1928 Price 5s. Od. net. THE QUEEN'S UNIVEP:.ITY OF BELFAST. PREFACE. This volume has been prepared in accordance ·with the proviSions of Section 6 (1) of the Census Act (Northern Ireland), 1925. The 1926 Census statistics which it contains were compiled from the returns made a~ at midnight of the 18th-19th April, 1926: they supersede those in the Preliminary Report published in August, 1926, and may be regarded as final. · The Census publications will consist of:- 1. SEVEN CouNTY VoLUMES, each similar in design and scope to the present publication. 2. A GENERAL REPORT relating to Northern Ireland as a whole, covering in more detail the statistics shown in the County Volumes, and containing in addition tables showing (i.) the occupational distribution of persons engaged in each of 51 groups of industries ; (ii.) the distribution of the foreign born population by nationality, age, marital condition, and occupation ; (iii.) the distribution of families of dependent children under 16 years of age, by age, sex, marital condition, and occupation of parent; (iv.) the occupational distribution of persons suffering from infirmities. 3. A ToPOGRAPHICAL INDEX, dealing in separate alphabetical sections with each type of area for which statistics are published in the County series. The particulars given for each territorial unit include references to the 6" Ordnance Survey maps and to Tables 3, 4, or 5 of the relative County Volume. The net prices for the above publications will be 5s. Od. for each Co1;1nty Volume and lOs. Od. each for the General Report a:nd the Topographical Index. A complete set of these volumes may be obtained directly from the Superintendent, H.M. Stationery Office, 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast, at the special inclusive price of £2 2s. Od. strictly net. The Registrar-General is empowered by Section 6 (2) of the Census Act (Northern Ireland), 1925, to prepare and supply from the Census returns statistics other than those published in the Census Reports, at the request and cost of any local authority or person. Any special demands for statistics more detailed than those published (either as regards subject rp.atter or area) can thus, as far as office records permit, be satisfied. Requests for special compilation of Census statistics should be addressed to the Registrar-General, who will be pleased to advise and furnish an estimate of cost. GENERAL REGISTER 0FFI9~, ~URRAY STREET? APRIL, 1928. BELFAST. iv. CONTENTS. PART I.-DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS VOLUME. Page Area vi Population vi Administrative Divisions vi Parliamentary Constituency ... vii Houses .. vii Rooms .. viii Families .. viii Rateable Valuation viii Education viii Occupations ix Industries ix Birthplaces ix Religious Professions X Orphanhood X Infirmities X Spelling of Place Names X Convention as to Dots (.) and Dashes(-) xi Correction of Census Data Xl PART !I.-STATISTICAL NOTES. AREA ... xii POPULATION ... xii Parliamentary Constituency xiii BUILDINGS, ROOMS, AND FAMILIES ... xiv Houses xiv Persons per Inhabited House and Persons per Family xiv Housing in County Districts xiv Accommodation of Families and Persons XV INSTITUTIONS, ETC. xvi SEXES, AGES, AND MARITAL CONDITIONS xvi Excess of Females over Males .. xvi Distribution according to Age .. xvii Distribution by Marital Condition xvii EDUCATION .. xvii OCCUPATIONS .. xviii Proportion occupied xviii Numerically important Occupations xviii Occupational Status and National Health Insurance ... xix INDUSTRIES ... xix Industrial Distribution of Occupied Population xix BIRTHPLACES ... .... xxi RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONS ... xxi ORPHANHOOD xxi INFIRMITIES •.. xxi v. CONTENTS-Continued. PART III.-TABLES. ABBREVIATIONS.-Co.=County; U.=Poor Law Union; D.=Dispensary District; C.E.D.=County Electoral Division; D.E.D.=District Electoral Division. Area for which Subject of Table. statistics are given. 1 Area, Houses, and Population, 1926 Co. 1 2 Population, 1821-1926 Co. 1 3 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation ... Co., Co. Dists., 2~ D.E.D.'s, Townlands 4 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation .. Co., D.'s, D.'s, 26 D.E.D.'s 5 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation .. Co., C.E.D.'s, 29 D.E.D.'s 6 Private Houses and Population living therein ... Co., Co. Dists. 31 7 Inhabited Private Houses, Rooms, and Families Co., Co. Dists. .. 32 8 Private Families : Size, Rooms Occupied, and Density of Occupation Co., Co. Dists. .. ~4 9 Inhabited Buildings, etc., other ithan Private Houses: Type, Co. ... 37 Number, Total Population, and (for Institutions) Number of Inmates 10 Inhabited Institutions and Other Establishments and Shipping: Co. Dists. .. 37 Number, Total Population, and (for Institutions) Number of Inmates 11 Ages (Quinquennial Groups) and Marital Condition Co., Urban 38 Aggregate, Rural Aggregate 12 Education : Persons attending Educational Establishments by Sex Co.,or Regional 40 and Age Education Area 13 Occupations (Full List) of Persons aged 12 years and over by Sex . Co. .. 41 14 Occupations (Main Groups) of Persons aged 12 years and over by Sex, Co., Urban 45 Occupational Status, and National Health Insurance Aggregate, Rural Aggregate 15 [Given for Belfast County Borough only] 48 16 Industries (Main Groups) of Persons aged 12 years and over by Co. ... ... 48 Sex 17 Birthplaces ... ... ... ... .. ... ... .. ... Co. ... ... 49 18 Religious Professions ... ... ... ... .. ... .. Co., Co. Dists.... 49 19 Orphanhood of_ Children aged less than 16 years by Sex and Age Co. .. 50 20 Persons suffering from Infirmities by Sex, Marital Condition, and Age Co. .. 50 Groups, and Numbers of such persons resi~ing in Institutions vi. PART I. DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS VOLUME. AREA. The acreages given are as n1easured by the Ordnance Survey of 1899 .. 1907. They exclude In Tables 1, 3-5. (a) fore-shore and unnamed islands of less than one rood in extent. In Tables 3-5. (b) certain land on shore of Newry River. (c) the larger rivers and lakes. N.B. While (b) and (c) above are not enclosed within townland boundaries they form part of administrative areas. The extent of these excluded portions is shown for ·the county, county districts, and poor law unions in foot-notes to the appropriate tables. · POPUL.ATION, The population comprises all persons, including Forces o:f the Crown, enumerated as at midnight of Sunday the 18th-19th April, 1926, together with those whD, not having been enumerated' elsewhere, arrived in port or were feceived into any dwelling on the moxning of the 19th April before the Census returns were collected. The population assigned to each area is that actually present (as defined above) within it, whether as permanent residents or temporary visitors, persons in port but on ship board being classified to the adjacent area. In general these definitions apply to the population as enumerated at previous censuses, and shown in Table 2. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS. The County is divided into nine county districts (five urban and four rural) comprising 84 district eleQtoral divisions, nine of which are situate in urban dis;tdcts (see Table 3). Of this latter group six are coterminous with wards bearing the same name. Four poor law unions are contained within the County~· one wholly .and three partly; the remaining portions of the divided unions being situate in Aptrim and Down Counties. The medical dispensary districts situate in the County number twenty {see Table 4). Poor law unions and medical dispensary distriett) are, respecti~ely, s'.ll?erintendent registrars' and registrars' districts for the registration of 1narnages, births, and deaths. The County is also divided into twenty county electoral divisions (see Table 5) · and forms a single regional education area (see Table 12). ' Apart from the reconstitution of county electoral division.s and .di}Jtrict electoral divisions in 1923, the changes which have taken place in the boundaries of administrative divisions since 1911 are as follows:- (a) Crossmaglen Rural District abolished and its area added to Newry No. 2 Rural District (1st April, 1921). vii. (b) Newry Poor Law Union enlarged by the transfer of that portion of the former Poor Law Union of Castleblayney which is situate in Northern Ireland (1st April, 1921). (c) Portadown Urban District divided into three wards (31st October, 1922). PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY. The present parliamentary constituency was created by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, and comprises the administrative county of Armagh. HOUSES. l. The term " House " denotes (a) each structure (except institutions) which stands alone or is separated from another by a vertical party wall; and which is used or intended partly or wholly for habitation; (b) each institution (viz., hospital, sanatorium.. nursing home, infirmary, workhouse, asylum, religious or charitable community, residential school or college, barracks or other premises under Naval, 1\llilitary, Air Force, or Police discipline, prison
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