Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the project was to provide machine-readable economic and social history statistics relating to the whole of Ireland for the period 1821-1971. Further information about the project is available on the QUB Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis website.

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The dataset contains agricultural statistics covering areas under various crops, stock numbers, labour employed on farms, and machinery used on farms. All the relevant background material is incorporated either in the documentation files or in the scanned images of the tables of contents, prefaces, and notes in the original source. The main agricultural statistics tables are: Acreages under different crops grouped by county districts (1925-1929 Northern Ireland; 1926, 1933, 1954, 1960 and 1965 Republic of Ireland). Acreages under different crops grouped by counties (1911, 1916-1918 and 1925-1973). Acreages under different crops grouped by size of farms (1925-1926, 1935, 1949, 1951-1952 and 1960) Republic of Ireland only. Acreages under different crops grouped by counties and size of farms (1925-1926, 1935, 1949, 1951-1952, 1960, 1967 and 1973) Northern Ireland only. Livestock numbers grouped by county districts (1925-1929 Northern Ireland; 1926, 1933, 1954, 1960, 1965 and 1970 Republic of Ireland). Livestock numbers grouped by counties (1911, 1916-1918 and 1925-1926; 1927-1934, 1939, 1944, 1949, 1952-1954, 1960, 1965 and 1970) Republic of Ireland; 1930-1973 Northern Ireland). Livestock numbers grouped by counties and size of farms (1925, 1935, 1951-1952, 1967 and 1973 Northern Ireland; 1926, 1931, 1949 and 1954 Republic of Ireland). Total number of farms grouped by size (1923-1926 and 1928-1973). Total acreage of farms grouped by size (1954-1973) Northern Ireland only. Total acreage covered by different land types (1923-1953) Northern Ireland only. Utilisation of different land types (1954-1973) Northern Ireland only. Total number of farm workers classified as either owners in residence, family members under 18, permanent employees under 18, temporary employees under 18, family members over 18, permanent employees over 18 or temporary employees over 18, group by counties (1912 and 1924-1973). Total number of male farm workers classified as either family members under 18, permanent employees under 18, temporary employees under 18, family members over 18, permanent employees over 18 or temporary employees over 18, group by counties and size of farms (1912 and 1931). Total number of farm workers classified as either male owners, female owners, full-time family members or full-time hired workers group by counties and size of farms (1953) Northern Ireland only. Total number of male farm workers classified as either family members under 18, permanent employees under 18, temporary employees under 18, family members over 18, permanent employees over 18 or temporary employees over 18, group by county districts (1965 and 1970) Republic of Ireland only. Total number of female farm workers classified as either family members under 18, permanent employees under 18, temporary employees under 18, family members over 18, permanent employees over 18 or temporary employees over 18, group by counties (1912 and 1924-1929) Northern Ireland only. Total number of female farm workers classified as either owners, wives of owners, permanent family members, temporary family members, permanent hired workers or temporary hired workers group by counties (1930-1973) Northern Ireland only. Total number of female farm workers classified as either family members under 18, permanent employees under 18, temporary employees under 18, family members over 18, permanent employees over 18 or temporary employees over 18, group by counties and size of farms (1912, 1925 and 1926) Republic of Ireland only. Total numbers of different types of agricultural machinery (1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966 and 1972). Total numbers of different types of agricultural machinery grouped by counties (1917, 1929 (Republic of Ireland only), 1939, 1949, 1952-1954, 1960 and 1966). Total numbers of different types of agricultural machinery grouped by counties and size of farms (1971) Northern Ireland only. Total numbers of different types of agricultural machinery grouped by counties and size of farms (1929) Republic of Ireland only. Total numbers of different types of agricultural machinery grouped by size of farms (1949) Republic of Ireland only. Total numbers of different types of agricultural machinery and different types of horses grouped by provinces and size of farms (1949) Republic of Ireland only. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

No sampling (total universe)

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