Gallagher

Gallagher was the number 15 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Gallagher, MacGallagher, McGallagher and O'Gallagher.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Gallagher by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Dunfanaghy at 10.84%, Glenties at 7.75%, and Donegal at 4.85%. 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 population with surname Gallagher by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Aran in County Donegal at 21.62%, Dunlewy in County Donegal at 20.09%, and Magheraclogher in County Donegal at 17.78%. 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 population with surname Gallagher. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 52.56%, married were 37.51%, and either widowed or widow were 9.94%.

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4. Most Common Forenames

The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Gallagher. The most common first name was Mary at 1750 people, followed by John at 1451 people, Patrick at 1157 people, and Bridget at 1136 people.

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5. Population Pyramid

The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Gallagher.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Gallagher. 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 96.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Gallagher. The most common occupation was Farmer at 2483 people, followed by Farmers Son at 1125 people, and Farmers Daughter at 374 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Gallagher 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 Donegal at 4.65%, followed by Mayo at 1.72%, Sligo at 1.54%, and Leitrim at 1.24%. 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 with surname Gallagher. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 77.4%, read only were 3.83%, and not able to read or write were 18.77%.

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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 population with surname Gallagher. The proportion who could speak Irish was 39.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 61.0%.

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