Carragher family name history and map
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Carragher in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 288 people named Carragher in Ireland; roughly one in every 15,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 150 men and 138 women.
Counties with Carragher in Ireland
Monaghan was Carragher country: 49.7% of them (143 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (74), Louth (22), Antrim (15) and Cavan (14).
Carragher average age in 1911
The average Carragher in 1911 was 34.7 years old, 33.3 for men and 36.3 for women; noticeably older 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.
Carragher literacy in 1911
Of the Carraghers whose literacy was recorded, 78.6% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 17.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86.9% reading and writing against 69.6% of women. 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.
Carragher common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (24), John, James, Owen and Thomas. For women it was Mary (24), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Rose and Mary Anne.
Carragher occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Carraghers was farmer, 28.8% of them (83 people). Next came scholar / student (16.3%), farm labourer (4.2%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.5%) and general labourer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 33% of all Carraghers, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Carragher?
Carraghers were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.4%) and Non-Conformist (0.3%).
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Carragher statistics (1911)
Number: 288
Rank: 1,975
Average Age: 35
Carragher in the USA (2020)
Number: 463
Rank: 49,150
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
