Vision of Ireland | 1861 Census: Population summary

1861 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1861. Part I. Area, Population and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions., Table [1] : " Area, population and number of houses".

List for top level	Meath	List for Ireland Dep

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area (Acres) [1]	Population					Houses
		In 1841	In 1851	In 1861			In 1841	In 1851	In 1861
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons [6]	Number [7]	Number [8]	Inhabited [9]	Uninhabited [10]	Building [11]	Total [12]
Meath IrlC Total	578,247	183,116	140,750	55,800	54,573	110,373	31,760	25,320	20,722	912	40	21,674
Drogheda IrlBarony	5,261	2,999	3,894	1,599	1,768	3,367	638	742	618	14	0	632
Borough of Drogheda IrlCorpTown	441	17,300	16,845	6,851	7,889	14,740	3,654	3,329	2,999	258	20	3,277
Deece Lower IrlBarony	20,013	3,990	3,389	1,641	1,398	3,039	678	615	516	11	1	528
Deece Upper IrlBarony	28,764	5,160	3,783	1,479	1,447	2,926	890	716	547	21	0	568
Duleek Lower IrlBarony	36,569	11,055	8,943	3,760	3,659	7,419	2,016	1,847	1,484	151	1	1,636
Duleek Upper IrlBarony	28,463	7,096	5,499	2,275	2,166	4,441	1,272	1,092	851	57	1	909
Dunboyne IrlBarony	16,782	2,723	2,523	1,103	1,021	2,124	456	447	389	11	0	400
Fore IrlBarony	42,388	14,432	11,009	4,134	3,981	8,115	2,505	1,805	1,498	52	3	1,553
Kells Lower IrlBarony	36,171	14,627	8,963	3,697	3,592	7,289	2,531	1,713	1,457	37	5	1,499
Kells Upper IrlBarony	49,552	22,142	16,070	6,066	6,060	12,126	3,638	2,694	2,172	93	9	2,274
Lune IrlBarony	39,326	12,519	9,625	3,928	3,794	7,722	2,189	1,747	1,466	49	1	1,516
Morgallion IrlBarony	31,492	11,555	7,290	2,774	2,801	5,575	2,086	1,439	1,133	45	1	1,179
Moyfenrath Lower IrlBarony	40,313	12,859	11,618	4,305	4,212	8,517	2,114	1,881	1,537	36	6	1,579
Moyfenrath Upper IrlBarony	31,696	8,915	7,328	2,786	2,682	5,468	1,535	1,285	1,026	24	1	1,051
Navan Lower IrlBarony	25,835	15,161	12,523	4,965	4,925	9,890	2,661	2,137	1,867	94	3	1,964
Navan Upper IrlBarony	17,652	4,860	4,227	1,740	1,749	3,489	863	776	652	44	3	699
Ratoath IrlBarony	35,697	6,214	5,337	2,151	2,106	4,257	1,029	917	757	33	1	791
Skreen IrlBarony	40,892	9,456	7,276	2,909	2,970	5,879	1,647	1,364	1,108	71	1	1,180
Slane Lower IrlBarony	26,224	9,956	6,586	2,580	2,419	4,999	1,771	1,266	983	35	2	1,020
Slane Upper IrlBarony	29,212	9,626	7,195	2,891	2,863	5,754	1,699	1,384	1,107	42	1	1,150

Comments:

1	Parishes were often divided between different Baronies, and Baronies were sometimes divided between different Counties, but this reconstruction always lists the totals for whole Parishes or Baronies. The original table also sometimes lists separate counts for 'Towns' and the remainders of Parishes, but here again we list only Parish totals.
2	The original table lists areas in Acres, Rods and Perches, but they have been converted here into decimal acres.
3	The original table also includes Poor Law and General Valuations for each area.

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This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.