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\n(viii) Aggregate Town and Aggregate Rural Areas of each county;
\n(ix) Counties, County Boroughs and Municipal Boroughs;
\n(x) Planning Regions;
\n(xi) Health Board Areas;
\n(xii) District Electoral Divisions or parts thereof designated as Gaeltacht Areas;
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\nDocumentation Terms
\nDocumentation remains the copyright of the creator or depositor.
\nDocumentation is freely available to download outside the ISSDA data request process. Click ‘Accept’ in the ‘Dataset Terms’ window to download or view files.
\nData and Documentation Copyright
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\nSample of Anonymised Records (COPSAR)
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\nSmall Area Population Statistics (SAPS)
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\nPlace of Work Census of Anonymised Records (POWCAR)
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