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	Morgallion	List for Meath IrlC

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]
Morgallion IrlBarony Total	31,492	11,555	7,290	2,774	2,801	5,575	2,086	1,439	1,133	45	1	1,179
Enniskeen IrlPar	20,810	11,548	7,331	3,103	3,052	6,155	2,118	1,444	1,244	53	3	1,300
Nobber IrlPar	10,488	3,757	2,295	904	895	1,799	656	437	339	19	1	359
Ardagh IrlPar	3,669	2,518	1,371	578	574	1,152	474	286	239	5	0	244
Castletown IrlPar	4,068	1,075	755	272	304	576	177	144	115	3	0	118
Clongill IrlPar	2,388	226	208	86	80	166	33	36	29	2	0	31
Drakestown IrlPar	2,693	889	436	153	150	303	151	87	57	2	0	59
Kilberry IrlPar	4,818	2,023	1,472	567	588	1,155	394	310	257	10	0	267
Kilshine IrlPar	1,544	609	336	154	181	335	117	80	82	4	0	86
Knock IrlPar	976	602	330	112	107	219	116	68	46	0	0	46
Dunmoe IrlPar	976	111	121	66	63	129	21	23	22	1	0	23

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.