Vision of Ireland | 1821 Census: Abstract of answers

1821 Census of Ireland, Abstracts of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act of the United Parliament, passed in the 55th Year of the Reign of His Late Majesty George the Third, Intituled, "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, and for ascertaining the Increase or "Diminution thereof.": Preliminary Observations. Enumeration Abstract. Appendix., Table [1] : " Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821".

List for top level	Gowran	List for Kilkenny IrlC

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Houses				Persons			Occupations				Schools
	Inhabited. [1]	Families. [2]	Uninhabited. [3]	Building. [4]	Males. [5]	Females. [6]	Total of Persons. [7]	No. of Persons chiefly employed in Agriculture. [8]	No. of Persons chiefly employed in Trade, Manufactures, and Handicraft. [9]	No. of all other Persons occupied and not comprised in the two preceding Classes. [10]	Total Number of Persons occupied. [11]	Pupils
	Inhabited. [1]	Families. [2]	Uninhabited. [3]	Building. [4]	Males. [5]	Females. [6]	Total of Persons. [7]	No. of Persons chiefly employed in Agriculture. [8]			Total Number of Persons occupied. [11]	Males. [12]	Females. [13]	Total. [14]
Gowran IrlBarony Total	5,721	6,349	216	5	17,042	17,855	34,897	5,945	2,059	2,988	10,992	1,786	1,064	2,850
Wells IrlPar	244	249	29	0	652	672	1,324	215	148	119	482	110	30	140
Ullard IrlPar	403	413	1	0	1,108	1,210	2,318	397	62	145	604	111	105	216
St Johns IrlPar	887	1,343	124	0	2,722	2,882	5,604	279	1,063	592	1,934	479	82	561
Mothell IrlPar	330	336	8	1	1,004	1,025	2,029	303	36	145	484	137	120	257
Inistioge IrlPar	385	602	15	0	1,601	1,702	3,303	842	416	300	1,558	250	144	394
Dungarvan IrlPar	274	291	4	0	878	851	1,729	218	71	198	487	37	24	61
Graiguenamanagh IrlPar	845	917	26	1	2,267	2,451	4,718	474	343	355	1,172	188	147	335
Powerstown IrlPar	285	308	2	0	914	890	1,804	284	71	107	462	125	84	209
Rathcool and Kilderry IrlPar	285	301	6	0	855	877	1,732	284	47	116	447	80	40	120
Tullaherin IrlPar	152	157	2	0	473	486	959	140	19	129	288	96	36	132
Killarney IrlPar	91	100	6	0	248	258	506	88	34	24	146	40	20	60
Gowran IrlPar	468	497	24	2	1,220	1,312	2,532	372	166	168	706	77	61	138
Shankill IrlPar	314	315	19	0	934	954	1,888	426	49	108	583	65	43	108
Grangesilvia IrlPar	353	419	15	0	1,043	1,050	2,093	297	176	190	663	164	65	229
Kilmacahill IrlPar	208	217	9	0	666	662	1,328	221	31	128	380	84	62	146
Jerpointwest IrlPar	226	244	3	0	659	694	1,353	200	48	139	387	4	56	60
Thomastown IrlPar	563	650	64	0	1,433	1,631	3,064	376	390	314	1,080	217	81	298
Tiscoffin IrlPar	202	209	3	0	634	651	1,285	175	33	124	332	74	46	120
Kilfane IrlPar	163	172	2	0	527	531	1,058	337	32	86	455	37	14	51
Clara IrlPar	114	118	2	0	356	352	708	111	10	89	210	97	38	135
Columbkille IrlPar	168	174	3	0	490	532	1,022	151	27	82	260	48	27	75
Blackrath IrlPar	95	101	6	1	337	342	679	157	14	62	233	0	0	0
Kilmadum IrlPar	149	158	4	0	446	481	927	163	13	88	264	30	0	30
Blanchvilleskill IrlPar	75	81	0	1	228	232	460	162	19	60	241	0	0	0
Dunbell IrlPar	96	102	1	0	265	310	575	252	29	53	334	26	14	40

Comments:

1	Our transcription of this table for Baronies and Parishes is currently limited to the Province of Ulster.
2	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.

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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.