General Prison Registers for Two Irish Prisons, 1840-1910

The dataset provides detailed, standardised records of prisoners, including demographic, physical, and judicial information such as age, height, offence, birthplace, residence, occupation, religion, and literacy. The dataset offers a comprehensive resource for studying social, economic, demographic,...

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Authors: Blum, Matthias (Author) ; Colvin, Christopher L. (Author) ; McLaughlin, Eoin (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: Colchester UK Data Service 2025
In:Year: 2025
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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