Brigid

Brigid was the number 57 female firstname in Ireland in 1911

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the female population with name Brigid by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Mohill at 1.12%, Longford at 0.89%, and Dundalk at 0.79%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the female population with name Brigid by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Caragh in County Kildare at 8.33%, Kilseily in County Clare at 5.48%, and Lullymore in County Kildare at 5.0%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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3. Marital Status

The pie chart shows the marital status of the female population named Brigid. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 64.41%, married were 29.48%, and either widowed or widow were 6.11%.

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4. Most Common Surname

The table shown here displays the top 10 surnames by the number of females who had the name Brigid. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Murphy at 76 people, followed by Kelly at 73 people, Doyle at 40 people, and Byrne at 38 people.

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5. Population Pyramid

The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of females with the name Brigid.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named Brigid. Each religion has been rounded to the nearest whole percentage and any religion less than 3% has been classified as other. The most common religion was Catholic at 100.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name Brigid. The most common occupation was Farmers Daughter at 138 people, followed by Farmer at 71 people, and Dressmaker at 64 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named Brigid who were born in each of the counties in Ireland. Unlike the proportion of the population above, this is the reported birthplace on the census. The counties with the highest proportion from it were Carlow at 0.77%, followed by Leitrim at 0.63%, Louth at 0.61%, and Longford at 0.52%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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9. Literacy

For the literacy pie chart shown, there are three categories, one for those who could read and write, another for those who could read only and the final for those who could not read or write. The pie chart is based on the population of females named Brigid. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 93.99%, read only were 1.75%, and not able to read or write were 4.26%.

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10. Irish Language

The bar shown here is the percentage (in green) who could speak Irish while the percentage in red were those who do not speak Irish or if the census entry was blank or unknown for the female population named Brigid. The proportion who could speak Irish was 21.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 79.0%.

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