Census 1926

8 June 2022
The prelude to civil war in Westmeath: the Protestant experience

by Dr. Paul Hughes Between the Irish censuses of 1911 and 1926, the Protestant population of Westmeath – that is, people living in the county who professed the creeds of ‘Protestant Episcopalianism’ (Church of Ireland/Scotland/England), Methodism and Presbyterianism – fell by 49.4 percent.[mfn]Census of Ireland reports, 1911 and 1926 (available at www.histpop.org).[/mfn]  According to figures cited by […]

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