Vision of Ireland | 1851 Census: General

1851 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Part VI. General Report., Table 1 : " General Table.".

List for top level	Athlone	List for Roscommon IrlC

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	AREA in Statute Acres. [1]	Persons									Houses								Families					Occupations																													Education
		Males				Females				TOTAL NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES. [10]	Inhabited					UNINHABITED.		TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSES. [18]	Residing in				TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES. [23]	Families, classified according to their							Persons (Fifteen Years old and upwards)																						Persons (Five Years old and upwards)
		Heads of Families and their Children. [2]	Visitors. [3]	Servants. [4]	TOTAL NUMBER OF MALES. [5]	Heads of Families and their Children. [6]	Visitors. [7]	Servants. [8]	TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALES. [9]		1st Class. [11]	2nd Class. [12]	3rd Class. [13]	4th Class. [14]	TOTAL INHABITED. [15]	Built. [16]	Building. [17]		1st Class Houses. [19]	2nd Class Houses. [20]	3rd Class Houses. [21]	4th Class Houses. [22]		Pursuits, as chiefly employed in			Means, as chiefly dependent on				Classified as ministering to Physical Wants										Classified as ministering to Moral Wants						Unclassified		TOTAL		Number not having specified Occupations		Who can Read and Write		Who can Read only		Who can neither Read nor Write
																								Agriculture. [24]	Manufactures, Trade, &c. [25]	Other pursuits. [26]	Vested means, Professions, &c. [27]	The direction of labour. [28]	Their own manual labour. [29]	Means not specified. [30]	Food		Clothing		Lodging, &c		Health		Charity		Justice		Education		Religion		Male. [47]	Female. [48]	Male. [49]	Female. [50]	Male. [51]	Female. [52]	Male. [53]	Female. [54]	Male. [55]	Female. [56]	Male. [57]	Female. [58]
																								Agriculture. [24]	Manufactures, Trade, &c. [25]	Other pursuits. [26]	Vested means, Professions, &c. [27]	The direction of labour. [28]	Their own manual labour. [29]	Means not specified. [30]	Male. [31]	Female. [32]	Male. [33]	Female. [34]	Male. [35]	Female. [36]	Male. [37]	Female. [38]	Male. [39]	Female. [40]	Male. [41]	Female. [42]	Male. [43]	Female. [44]	Male. [45]	Female. [46]	Male. [47]	Female. [48]	Male. [49]	Female. [50]	Male. [51]	Female. [52]	Male. [53]	Female. [54]	Male. [55]	Female. [56]	Male. [57]	Female. [58]
Athlone IrlBarony Total	146,185	15,169	1,778	1,022	17,969	14,749	2,548	874	18,171	36,140	110	1,526	4,188	688	6,512	331	8	6,851	128	1,733	4,334	708	6,903	4,007	1,000	1,896	326	2,797	3,412	368	8,211	843	426	1,731	515	3	7	12	4	3	167	0	49	15	32	0	494	934	9,905	3,541	1,308	7,818	5,134	2,410	2,662	3,172	8,325	10,847
Athleague IrlPar	13,012	1,361	157	94	1,612	1,291	158	76	1,525	3,137	14	113	383	78	588	55	0	643	16	119	394	79	608	378	85	145	27	282	269	30	720	89	31	115	49	0	2	5	0	0	31	0	4	3	4	0	41	80	882	292	112	684	492	253	245	262	723	869
Taghboy IrlPar	13,997	1,228	119	68	1,415	1,207	122	48	1,377	2,792	10	139	325	34	508	19	2	529	11	147	334	34	526	337	60	129	27	220	274	5	711	79	29	133	26	1	0	2	0	0	16	0	4	0	2	0	24	98	812	313	92	563	317	158	179	176	781	905
Cam IrlPar	12,403	1,056	79	62	1,197	969	94	45	1,108	2,305	2	116	292	61	471	42	0	513	2	124	305	63	494	259	65	170	27	205	184	78	564	43	20	147	29	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	4	1	0	0	14	36	640	228	130	468	309	80	139	174	626	746
Drum IrlPar	16,149	1,610	184	109	1,903	1,526	200	76	1,802	3,705	6	91	521	76	694	30	2	726	6	96	531	77	710	469	47	194	21	385	251	53	973	38	36	114	35	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	6	1	0	0	24	95	1,081	248	170	906	472	152	226	237	1,020	1,236
Dysart IrlPar	6,569	498	47	35	580	485	55	14	554	1,134	0	53	134	29	216	17	1	234	0	54	139	30	223	170	7	46	10	94	116	3	321	57	4	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	329	107	7	226	92	39	64	46	343	403
Fuerty IrlPar	13,476	1,518	162	72	1,752	1,538	234	81	1,853	3,605	6	104	442	113	665	24	0	689	9	105	455	113	682	454	59	169	34	255	386	7	849	207	31	229	33	0	0	0	1	2	17	0	3	2	4	0	35	89	973	529	76	589	556	307	232	275	753	1,089
Killinvoy IrlPar	6,554	758	99	55	912	775	119	47	941	1,853	7	82	197	57	343	17	2	362	8	89	206	60	363	189	76	98	18	106	215	24	384	43	30	129	49	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	1	1	2	0	19	25	494	199	85	427	291	161	132	169	398	525
Kilmeane IrlPar	8,966	758	93	66	917	713	96	47	856	1,773	5	79	202	34	320	9	0	329	5	79	209	35	328	217	48	63	19	124	178	7	443	56	25	83	34	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	4	0	3	0	11	28	527	167	66	393	354	164	180	186	303	424
Kiltoom IrlPar	13,246	1,375	121	108	1,604	1,347	156	69	1,572	3,176	5	129	424	48	606	55	0	661	6	136	432	48	622	351	101	170	26	227	352	17	784	69	42	194	41	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	4	1	4	0	28	43	912	309	95	706	427	143	285	350	726	934
Rahara IrlPar	5,363	324	44	31	399	309	29	16	354	753	1	30	106	11	148	8	0	156	1	30	107	11	149	100	18	31	16	57	66	10	233	7	2	38	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	241	55	4	173	105	28	50	68	209	224
St Johns IrlPar	11,635	923	63	65	1,051	941	97	40	1,078	2,129	4	66	329	32	431	13	0	444	4	67	338	32	441	280	73	88	16	165	251	9	523	40	24	180	25	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	1	1	0	5	20	588	241	60	405	341	160	201	233	420	571
St Peters IrlPar	7,617	2,107	372	162	2,641	2,054	376	238	2,668	5,309	43	387	371	17	818	25	0	843	55	538	397	18	1,008	339	291	378	27	366	570	45	788	78	110	229	152	1	4	1	1	0	41	0	13	2	8	0	280	235	1,397	546	277	1,264	958	574	444	537	932	1,288
Taghmaconnell IrlPar	18,827	1,343	122	101	1,566	1,315	112	68	1,495	3,061	5	122	353	82	562	28	0	590	5	134	374	90	603	401	42	160	49	256	236	62	762	35	25	64	15	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	2	1	3	0	11	89	825	190	129	718	305	134	127	81	986	1,115
Tisrara IrlPar	8,482	909	89	47	1,045	844	100	41	985	2,030	4	78	263	32	377	5	2	384	4	85	274	34	397	240	58	99	23	154	199	21	503	32	30	63	34	0	0	2	1	0	15	0	3	3	1	0	20	90	607	190	55	413	289	133	198	181	464	581
Roscommon IrlPar	9,819	2,286	335	162	2,783	2,315	345	243	2,903	5,686	48	248	623	46	965	84	0	1,049	73	291	719	56	1,139	440	348	351	50	277	707	105	969	155	142	147	175	6	8	12	4	3	45	1	19	12	8	0	183	203	1,553	539	207	1,358	1,094	847	361	448	1,035	1,340

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 totals for Baronies, Counties etc include counts for persons in "Public Institutions", who were separately listed in the original table, and are not included within the parish counts.

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