14-706: Robertstown may refer to: Robertstown, County Kildare , village in Ireland Robertstown GFC , Gaelic Football and Athletics Club Robertstown, County Limerick , civil parish in County Limerick , Ireland Robertstown, Moray , location in Moray , Scotland Robertstown, a village in Aberdare East , Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales Robertstown, South Australia Robertstown railway line Robertstown, Georgia ,
28-581: A community in the United States Robertstown Fort , County Meath, Ireland Robertstown Castle , County Meath, Ireland Robertstown University , a fake university formerly operated by an American fraud ring See also [ edit ] Roberts Township (disambiguation) Roberttown , village in West Yorkshire Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
42-623: A field campaign on 10 March 2011 to deliver about 1.8 million census forms to every household in Ireland in the month before Census Day. Following the census, the forms were collected between 11 April and 9 May 2011. The first statistics were released in the Preliminary Population Report on 30 June 2011. The population on Census Night in April was 4,581,269, a figure based on summary counts for each enumeration area compiled by enumerators on
56-509: Is a village on the banks of the Grand Canal in County Kildare , Ireland , 12 km north west of Naas . It grew in importance on the arrival of the canal, at the highest level (85 metres (279 ft) above sea level) of which it lies, in 1784. Robertstown was a planned village, set along the canal featuring a prominent hotel and bridge with a small row of cottages and a shop. In 1801
70-552: The Grand Canal Hotel was officially opened to cater for the passenger traffic along the canal and an extension was added in 1804. For a time business was good, with the canal carrying 100,000 passengers per year, but revenues began to fall and gradually the 72 windows and 62 hearths were closed up to avoid paying tax. It ceased being a hotel in 1849, was used as a barracks for the Irish Constabulary between 1869 and 1905 and
84-623: The 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 census. As of the 2002 census, Robertstown had a population of 375, growing (by 65.6%) to 621 in 2006, and to 669 by the time of the 2011 census . The 2016 census recorded a population of 707. Robertstown GAA is based in Maurice Musgrave Park in Robertstown. There is also a soccer team, Bridgewood FC, 3-time winners of the Lumsums Cup. 2011 census of Ireland The 2011 census of Ireland
98-463: The census to take place on 10 April 2011. The meeting also defined the questions that would be asked in the questionnaire. There were also campaigns by the Atheist Ireland group, and by The Humanist Association of Ireland, asking people to consider carefully their answer to the question about religion. The Central Statistics Office hired a temporary field force of 5,500 people. The recruitment
112-517: The front page of the census forms. This figure was 110,569 more than the estimated population for April 2010. The definitive census publication, based on the scanned and processed census forms, is to be published between March and December 2012. The population of each county in the Republic of Ireland recorded by the 2011 Census is listed below. The 26 traditional counties are ranked by population. Non-traditional administrative counties are indicated by
126-512: The title Robertstown . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robertstown&oldid=1107610108 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robertstown, County Kildare Robertstown ( Irish : Baile Riobaird )
140-505: Was formed in 2008 with the aim to build a community centre on lands promised, with an added grant of €500,000, to the community by Failte Ireland when the hotel was sold to a private buyer. A canal barge, 52M Eustace, was also to be transferred. Ducks, swans and herons, fish such as pike, barracuda, bream, tench, roach and stickleback, and mammals such as pygmy shrew, stoat, and brown rat, are all observed locally. The population of Robertstown more than tripled (from 206 to 707 inhabitants) in
154-573: Was held during the same year as the 2011 United Kingdom census in which the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency administered a census of Northern Ireland , covering those areas of the island that are not part of the Republic of Ireland. The Central Statistics Office carried out a census pilot survey on 19 April 2009 to test new questions and methods for the 2011 census. The Irish government met on 11 December 2009 and scheduled
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#1733093902525168-643: Was held on Sunday, 10 April 2011. It was administered by the Central Statistics Office of Ireland and found the population to be 4,588,252 people. Before the census, the latest population estimate was published in September 2010 and calculated that the Irish population had been 4,470,700 in April 2010. The previous census took place five years earlier, on Sunday, 23 April 2006. The subsequent census took place five years later, on 24 April 2016. The 2011 census
182-618: Was later used as a community centre. As of 2002, the building was in use as a museum/gallery. There was once three public houses in the village and two supermarkets.but now due to an economic decline in the industry only one public house remains open and active. Developments include a set of canal-side cottages, and Lowtown Marina , with boats for sale and other services. The town caters for tourism with canal walks, fishing and an annual vintage fair which takes place in June every year. A local group, Robertstown Community Amenities Association (RTG Ltd.)
196-530: Was performed in a pyramid structure, with 50 senior managers, 440 field supervisors, and 5,000 enumerators hired in succession. Hiring of senior managers for the census took place between 29 April and 12 May 2010. Recruitment of 440 census field supervisor positions began on 16 September 2010. The supervisors worked from their own homes around the country for a six-month contract. The 5,000 census enumerator positions were advertised on 29 December 2010, and these worked for ten weeks from 8 March 2011. Enumerators began
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