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Census 1981 Volume 6 - Irish Language

Tables in PDF format

Tables 1 - 15 Irish Language

01. Irish speakers and non-Irish speakers in each Province at each Census from 1861 to 1946, 1961, 1971 and 1981 (PDF 67KB)
02. Percentage of Irish speakers in each Province at each Census from 1861 to 1946, 1961,1971 and 1981 (PDF 67KB)
03. Number and percentage of Irish speakers, 3 years of age and over, in each Province, County or county Borough - 1961, 1971 and 1981 (PDF 91KB)
04. Number and percentage of Irish speakers, 3 years of age and over, in Urban and Rural Districts, in towns with legally defined boundaries; in environs of towns with legally defined boundaries and in towns without legally defined boundaries having 1,500 inhabitants or over in 1981, with comparative percentage figures for 1971 (PDF 951KB)
05. Number and percentage of Irish speakers and non - Irish speakers, 3 years of age and over, in each Province classified by age group - 1961, 1971 and 1981 (PDF 100KB)
06A. Irish speakers and non-Irish speakers, 3 years of age and over , in each Province, County or County Borough, classified by age group (PDF 136KB)
06B. Irish speakers as a percentage of the total in each age group (PDF 136KB)
07. Irish speakers classified by occupation (PDF 381KB)
08. Persons, males and females, Irish speakers and non-Irish speakers, 3 years of age and over classified by age group in the Gaeltacht areas of each County (PDF 241KB)09. Total population in 1971 and 1981 and total persons 3 years of age and over in 1981, distinguishing Irish speakers and non-Irish speakers, in District Electoral Divisions or parts of District Electoral Divisions within the Gaeltacht (PDF 401KB)
09. Total population in 1971 and 1981 and total persons 3 years of age and over in 1981, distinguishing Irish speakers and non-Irish speakers, in District Electoral Divisions or parts of District Electoral Divisions within the Gaeltacht (PDF 401KB)
10. Irish speakers, 3 years of age and over in each Province County or County Borough and in the Gaeltacht areas of each County, classified by highest type of educational establishment attended full-time (PDF 125KB)
11A. Private household with Irish speakers in each Province, County or County Borough, classified by number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 102KB)
11B. Irish speakers in private households in each Province, County or County Borough classified by number of persons aged 3years and over in the household (PDF 115KB)
12A. Private households with Irish speakers in the Gaeltacht areas of each County classified by number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 45KB)
12B. Irish speakers in private households in the Gaeltacht areas of each County classified by number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 49KB)
13A. Private households with Irish speakers classified by number of Irish speakers and number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 38KB)
13B. Private households with Irish speakers in the Gaeltacht Areas classified by number of Irish speakers and number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 43KB)
14A. Private households, in which the head was an Irish speaker, in each Province, County and county Borough, classified by number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 107KB)
14B. Irish speakers in private households, in which the head was an Irish speaker, in each Province, County or County Borough, classified by number of persons aged 3 years and over in the household (PDF 228KB)
15A. Private households, in which the head was an Irish speaker, in the Gaeltacht areas of each County classified by number of persons aged 3years and over in the household (PDF 48KB)
15B. Irish speakers in private households, in which the head was an Irish speaker, in the Gaeltacht areas of each County classified by number of persons aged 3years and over in the household (PDF 52KB)