Table IV.
| Co. | 1870 | 1897 | +/− | Co. | 1870 | 1897 | +/− | Co. | 1870 | 1897 | +/− |
| Carl | 20.0 | 17.8 | −2.2 | Clar | 15.6 | 14.9 | −0.5 | ||||
| Dubl | 26.2 | 30.5 | +4.3 | Cork | 18.6 | 21.2 | +2.6 | Ulster | |||
| Kild | 17.7 | 19.1 | +1.4 | Kerr | 16.6 | 16.6 | 0 | Antr | 20.7 | 29.9 | +9.2 |
| Kilk | 20.4 | 18.9 | −1.5 | Lim | 19.3 | 19.0 | −0.3 | Arm | 18.9 | 22.7 | +3.8 |
| K'sL | 18.1 | 17.5 | −0.6 | Tipp | 18.1 | 17.6 | −0.5 | Cava | 16.1 | 14.6 | +1.5 |
| Long | 15.7 | 14.6 | −1.1 | Wat | 22.0 | 20.5 | −1.5 | Don | 15.2 | 14.1 | +1.1 |
| Lout | 19.2 | 19.1 | −0.1 | Gal | 15.2 | 15.7 | +0.5 | Dow | 19.4 | 26.2 | +6.8 |
| Meat | 17.8 | 20.8 | +3.0 | Leit | 14.4 | 15.3 | +0.9 | Fer | 15.7 | 15.6 | −0.1 |
| Q's | 17.4 | 17.9 | +0.5 | May | 13.9 | 15.8 | +1.9 | L'de | 17.7 | 18.0 | +0.3 |
| Wm | 19.4 | 18.9 | −0.5 | Rosc | 14.2 | 16.0 | +1.8 | Mon | 16.5 | 16.2 | −0.3 |
| Wex | 19.7 | 21.8 | +2.1 | Slig | 14.1 | 18.6 | +4.5 | Tyro | 16.4 | 21.3 | +4.9 |
| Wic | 17.1 | 17.5 | +0.4 | ||||||||