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Pre-census sources for Irish demography / Brian Gurrin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gurrin, Brian, 1968-
- Series:
- Maynooth research guides for Irish local history ; no. 4.
- Maynooth research guides for Irish local history ; no. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population.
- History.
- Ireland--History--17th century--Sources.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--18th century--Sources.
- Demography--Ireland--Sources.
- Demography.
- Ireland--Population--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 106 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Pre-census demographic analysis in Ireland 14
- A brief history of pre-census Irish population estimation 14
- Pre-census substitutes 23
- 2 Sources for pre-census population studies 25
- Current thoughts on Irish demography 25
- Census substitutes 27
- Pre-census population sources
- poll-tax summary, 1660 30
- the hearth-tax 36
- religious censuses 44
- estate surveys 56
- church records 60
- Miscellaneous sources 64
- 3 Researching pre-census demographic sources: some problems and possibilities 68
- A multiplicity of multipliers 69
- Verifying census data 79
- A. Hearth-money county farm totals 89
- B. Available hearth-tax rolls and summaries 90
- C. Template for recording baptisms 95
- D. Estimating the proportion of farmers and labourers from the 1660 poll-tax returns 96.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106).
- ISBN:
- 185182619X
- OCLC:
- 48836260
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