Deaf history – 1911 Census – NEW Deaf Information

For all Deaf History fans

1911 Census for Ireland now allows you to search for Deaf / Dumb / Deaf & Dumb people (not my words …. theirs!) online

Altogether 5,918 people either Deaf, ‘Dumb’, or ‘Deaf and Dumb’ in 1911 Census.

Click ‘Show All Information’ to see job, children, where born, married etc.

Go here to see all ‘Deaf and Dumb‘ (sic) in ireland in 1911: (2,779)

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?surname=&exact=&firstname=&county=&townland=&ded=&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=Deaf+and+Dumb&search=Search&sort=surnameSort&pageSize=100

Here for all Deaf in 1911 (2,657)

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?surname=&exact=&firstname=&county=&townland=&ded=&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=Deaf&search=Search&sort=surnameSort&pageSize=100

Here for all Dumb (not Deaf) in 1911 (482)

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?surname=&exact=&firstname=&county=&townland=&ded=&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=Dumb&search=Search&sort=surnameSort&pageSize=100

Hope interesting for you

Cormac Leonard
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