Sligo County 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	19,774	8,485
Able to read but not write	10,316	10,498
Unable to read or write	47,253	60,542

Data for 1851	Sex
Whether able to read & write	Male	Female
Able to read & write	16,185	9,787
Able to read but not write	7,481	8,837
Unable to read or write	32,543	40,495

Data for 1861	Sex
Whether able to read & write	Male	Female
Able to read & write	19,667	13,569
Able to read but not write	7,833	9,672
Unable to read or write	26,056	31,552

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.

Sligo County : Literacy by Gender

Literacy by Gender