Dromgoole family name history
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Dromgoole in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 112 people named Dromgoole in Ireland; roughly one in every 39,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 62 women to 50 men.
Counties with Dromgoole in Ireland
Louth was Dromgoole country: 35.7% of them (40 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (39), Antrim (12), Meath (9) and Kilkenny (8).
Dromgoole average age in 1911
The average Dromgoole in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 30.0 for men and 25.9 for women; a touch younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Dromgoole literacy in 1911
Of the Dromgooles whose literacy was recorded, 73.9% could both read and write, 4.5% could read but not write, and 21.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 75.4% reading and writing against 72% of men. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Dromgoole common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (8), John, Patrick, Christopher and Patrick Joseph. For women it was Bridget (8), followed by Mary, Kathleen, Margaret and Anne.
Dromgoole occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dromgoole's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.6%), domestic servant (2.7%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.4% of all Dromgooles, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Dromgoole?
Dromgooles were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Dromgoole statistics (1911)
Number: 112
Rank: 3,599
Average Age: 28
Dromgoolein the USA (2020)
Number: 373
Rank: 58,695
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
