O’Rourke Lisnakealwee Censuses

There are records in the 1901 and 1911 censuses for the O’Rourke family. In 1901, Brian O’Rourke was head of the household and lived with his son Michael, Michael’s wife and their five children. The forms indicates that the house is built of stone or brick with a thatched roof and between 2 and 4 rooms. There are two cow houses, a dairy and a piggery.

Residents of a house 1 in Lisnakealwee (Brandon, Kerry)

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Literacy	Irish Language	Marital Status
Rourke	Bryan	70	Male	Head of Family	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	Farmer	Read and write	Irish and English	Widower
Rourke	Michael	40	Male	Son	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	Farmer’s Son	Read and write	Irish and English	Married
Rourke	Mary	30	Female	Daughter in Law	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	–	Read and write	Irish and English	Married
Rourke	Julia	14	Female	Daughter	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	–	Read and write	Irish and English	Not Married
Rourke	James	7	Male	Grand Son	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	–	Read	Irish and English	Not Married
Rourke	Thomas	5	Male	Grand Son	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	–	Cannot read	Irish and English	Not Married
Rourke	Maggie	3	Female	Grand Daughter	Roman Catholic	Co Kerry	–	Cannot read	–	Not Married

In 1911, following Brian’s death in 1908, Michael and Mary now have seven children. The form reveals that an another child did not survive.

Name	Relation	Sex	Age	Education	Married	Years	Chd Born	Chd Living	Occupation	Where Born	Irish Language
Michael Rourke	Head	Male	50	Read & Write	Married				Farmer	Kerry	Irish & English
Mary Rourke	Wife	Female	38	Read & Write	Married	19	8	7		Kerry	Irish & English
James Rourke	Son	Male	17	Read & Write	Single				Farmers son	Kerry	Irish & English
Thomas Rourke	Son	Male	13	Read & Write	Single				Scholar	Kerry	Irish & English
Margaret Rourke	Daughter	Female	12	Read & Write	Single				Scholar	Kerry	Irish & English
Mary Rourke	Daughter	Female	9	Read & Write	Single				Scholar	Kerry	Irish & English
Michael Rourke	Son	Male	6		Single					Kerry
Catherine Rourke	Daughter	Female	5		Single					Kerry
Jeremiah Rourke	Son	Male	3		Single					Kerry