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	Galway	List for Ireland Dep

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]
Galway IrlC Total	54,180	57,142	1,283	65	156,157	153,442	309,599	63,799	42,476	19,175	125,450	7,690	3,161	10,851
Borough of Galway IrlCorpTown	3,957	6,238	142	31	13,346	14,429	27,775	2,806	2,647	3,206	8,659	1,131	828	1,959
Aran IrlBarony	498	517	15	2	1,612	1,467	3,079	603	453	380	1,436	161	53	214
Athenry IrlBarony	1,556	1,648	50	2	4,494	4,436	8,930	2,153	1,298	505	3,956	201	121	322
Ballymoe IrlBarony	4,766	4,927	86	12	13,138	12,562	25,700	5,797	6,110	1,246	13,153	518	129	647
Ballynahinch IrlBarony	3,177	3,267	163	0	9,934	9,474	19,408	5,259	602	582	6,443	243	124	367
Clare IrlBarony	6,350	6,836	163	7	18,963	18,700	37,663	7,739	7,815	2,803	18,357	1,055	498	1,553
Clonmacnowen IrlBarony	1,928	2,196	102	8	5,720	5,865	11,585	2,084	1,353	1,097	4,534	724	393	1,117
Dunkellin IrlBarony	3,547	3,715	26	0	10,990	10,593	21,583	3,756	2,838	1,974	8,568	352	181	533
Dunmore IrlBarony	3,605	3,759	38	0	10,212	10,032	20,244	4,516	3,847	1,009	9,372	454	225	679
Kilconnell IrlBarony	2,590	2,674	15	0	7,451	7,257	14,708	2,634	1,032	1,497	5,163	267	67	334
Killian IrlBarony	2,308	2,420	32	4	6,684	6,524	13,208	2,740	2,632	773	6,145	144	34	178
Kiltartan IrlBarony	3,377	3,585	141	3	9,401	9,445	18,846	3,307	1,560	1,123	5,990	432	224	656
Leitrim IrlBarony	4,087	4,281	121	5	11,541	11,076	22,617	4,393	1,034	1,340	6,767	683	319	1,002
Longford IrlBarony	4,944	5,243	68	4	13,436	13,752	27,188	5,518	2,492	1,571	9,581	1,035	103	1,138
Loughrea IrlBarony	2,232	2,533	89	14	5,928	6,036	11,964	1,123	1,003	900	3,026	356	118	474
Moycullen IrlBarony	3,517	3,634	86	4	10,229	9,985	20,214	5,752	3,817	746	10,315	297	120	417
Ross IrlBarony	1,343	1,362	60	0	3,742	3,761	7,503	1,930	1,856	169	3,955	157	90	247
Tiaquin IrlBarony	4,355	4,545	28	0	12,682	12,477	25,159	4,495	2,734	1,460	8,689	611	362	973

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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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.