Flaherty, Peter and Family

Census of Ireland 1911

Household Return (Form A) for house No. 2

In 1911 Peter (Falharly) Flaherty (49), a farmer was head of the household and lived with his wife Sarah (47) in the townland of Carnmore West, Claregalway. Peter and Sarah could not read nor write but they spoke both Irish and English. They had five daughters Sarah (12), Winnie (10), Anne (8), Kate (5) and Nellie (3). Sarah, Winnie and Kate were ‘scholars’ and could read, write and spoke both Irish and English. Kate and Neille could not read nor write.

There are three new columns in the 1911 census compared to that of 1901, ‘Years Married’, ‘Children Born’ and ‘Children Living’. It showed that Peter and Sarah were married for 21 years and they had nine children born to them and eight children were still alive. They were all born in County Galway.

Enumerator’s Abstract (Form N)

The Flaherty family were the only family living in the house, there were one male and six females. All were of the Roman Catholic faith.

House and Building Return (Form B1) & Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings Return (Form B2)

Peter was the owner of his house. The house was a 3rd class stone or brick cottage with a thatched roof. It had only one front window and one room occupied. There were two out-offices and farmsteads a cow house and a piggery.

The returns were filled out and signed by Peter. It was witnessed as a truthful return and collected by Constable Thomas Fitzgerald on April 11^th.

Neighbours

1. Peter Fahy, 2. Peter Flaherty, 3. Patrick Lally, 4. Bridget Grealish, 5. Patrick Cooney, 6. James Carr, 7. Matthew Donoghue.

Sources: NAI, (National Archives of Ireland) www.nationalarchives.ie, accessed 12/04/2017

Census of Ireland 1926

The next census in Ireland was not taken until 1926. It was not taken in 1921 as Ireland was in the midst of the ‘War of Independence’ against Britain. By 1926 Ireland was a Free State and the government was able to take their first census. The official due date for the release of the 1926 Census is January 1st, 2027 as there is a 100-year privacy law in Ireland. There have been many attempts to have an earlier release date, but to no avail yet.