Irish historical data

Interactive charts and data files from the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) at Trinity College Dublin. More about each data set at ceph.ie.

• Schools, pupils and teachers in Ireland, 1824-2026 · CSV · Excel
• Railway route miles, 1834-2024 · CSV · Excel
• The Great October Fair of Ballinasloe, 1771-1952 · CSV · Excel
• Crime by county, 1871-1913 · CSV · Excel

How to cite

Each chart page and Excel file gives its own citation, in this form: Lyons, Ronan C. (2026), "Title of the data set", CEPH Historical Irish Data series, version of [date], [link to the chart page].