The number of people in County Clare according to the Census: 1841: 286,394 1851: 212,440 1881: 166,305 1871: 147,864 1881: 141,457 (71,058 Males, 70,399 Females) 1881 Returns: The number of distinct families in the County was 25,509. The number of inhabited houses was: 24,459 The average number of persons in a family being 5.44. Read & Write: 76,173 53.9% Read Only: 15,012 10.6% Illerate: 50,272 35.5% The number of Children attending School in County Clare week ending 17th. June 1871 was 18,521 or 35.6% of persons aged 5 years and under 20 County Clare covers an area of: 827,904 statute acres or 4.0% of the total area of the Country. Regards: Larry.

Dear Larry, Are these census available to look at for our names or will they sometime be available? Thank you. Alanna Larry Brennan <bbs.ennis@eircom.net> wrote: The number of people in County Clare according to the Census: 1841: 286,394 1851: 212,440 1881: 166,305 1871: 147,864 1881: 141,457 (71,058 Males, 70,399 Females) 1881 Returns: The number of distinct families in the County was 25,509. The number of inhabited houses was: 24,459 The average number of persons in a family being 5.44. Regards: Larry.