Munster Province through time | Historical Statistics on Learning & Language

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Literacy by Gender

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Data for 1841	Sex
Whether able to read & write	Male	Female
Able to read & write	367,722	185,018
Able to read but not write	121,129	150,010
Unable to read or write	541,981	724,852

Data for 1851	Sex
Whether able to read & write	Male	Female
Able to read & write	317,152	201,938
Able to read but not write	100,382	130,990
Unable to read or write	400,259	535,809

Data for 1861	Sex
Whether able to read & write	Male	Female
Able to read & write	309,069	224,447
Able to read but not write	78,978	104,143
Unable to read or write	262,182	350,250

Date	Source
1841	1841 Census of Ireland, Report, Table 1 , 'General table'
1851	1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1861	1861 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'Showing by baronies, parishes, and towns, the area, population, number of houses and families, occupations, religious profusions, and education'

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Ability to read and write for males and females aged five and up. This was tabulated by the Irish census in 1851.

Munster Province : Literacy by Gender

Literacy by Gender