Iberian characters in west-Ireland (incl. Connaught) : comunication [i.e. communication] presented at the XIV Congress of Medecine [i.e. Medicine] in Madrid, April, 1903 / by Richard John Anderson.

  • Anderson, Richard John, 1848-1914.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Iberian characters in west-Ireland (incl. Connaught) : comunication [i.e. communication] presented at the XIV Congress of Medecine [i.e. Medicine] in Madrid, April, 1903 / by Richard John Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Light Brown or Brown Hair Argyl 42 Bute. Black or Brown Hair and Arran. Golden or Red Hair. Brown Black Hair. Fair Hair. Red or Red Hair Light eyes. Dark eyes. 142 . 9 22 . 1 5 . 7 24 . 3 0 . 7 2 . 1 70 . 8 27 . 1 North Hamptonshire 40 . 7 20 . 7 2 . 6 24 . 35 3 . 3 64 . 0 31 . 6 Gloustershire. 50 . 3 14 . 3 2 . 2 30 . 2 1 . 4 66 . 8 31 . 6 (Bristol Included) Ulster 49 . 4 24 . 7 22 . 2 1 . 2 74 . 1 23 Ireland Connaught. 59 . 0 24 . 1 1 . 2 13 . 3 1 . 2 84 . 3 4 . 5 It would thus seem tha+ dark hair is commoner in Ulster than in Connaught, and Lieinster has the largest proportion of dark eyes. Taking Connaught, Dele, Dr. Chas. R. Browne has done much to set us right in the matter of Anthropological characters of the inhabi- tants of the Province of Connaught. These were in one district 11 black haired men in 182, and, 8 black haired women in 127 and one of the former and three of the latter had dark eyes; so that black haired women had oftener black eyes than black haired men. There were, however, 51 dark haired men and 33 dark haired women, 8 men and 11 women had dark eyes. There were 98 brown haired men and 69 brown haired women, 88 of the former had light eyes, and 60 of the brown haired women had light eyes. Thus the great majority of men and women are light eyed viz. 77 out of 127. Red hair is rare. Now in view of the recently published investigations of Cossar Ewart it will appear that variations may arise with varying conditions of food and race admixture. Some of these conditions which Ewart lays so much stress upon have always occured in varying proportions at different times in Ireland. There were very few black haired children 1.92 per cent, males, and 2.38 per cent, girls. There were 2 dark eyed boys and 2 girls. Then 82 boys out of 104 hacl brown or light hair, 22 had dark or black hair but only 9 out of 104 were dark. 58 girls out of 84 had light eyes and 51 of these had brown or light hair. Index of Nigrescence in Adult Males 28.03 Females 25.11 Boys 7.68 Girls 8.32