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	Clarmallagh	List for Laoighis 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]
Clarmallagh IrlBarony Total	43,534	14,928	10,140	3,983	4,068	8,051	2,536	1,886	1,524	69	2	1,595
Abbeyleix IrlPar	13,546	6,719	5,646	2,085	2,236	4,321	1,060	825	711	23	2	736
Attanagh IrlPar	2,561	919	719	261	292	553	141	130	98	8	0	106
Rosconnell IrlPar	2,190	894	620	277	240	517	151	116	95	1	0	96
Aharney IrlPar	6,939	2,586	1,812	648	654	1,302	439	348	266	10	0	276
Durrow IrlPar	6,528	2,977	2,256	827	932	1,759	545	450	344	18	0	362
Erke IrlPar	18,584	5,678	3,342	1,321	1,308	2,629	942	604	474	18	2	494
Glashare IrlPar	2,759	653	408	151	159	310	107	76	53	3	0	56
Aghaboe IrlPar	18,703	6,310	4,510	1,733	1,769	3,502	1,078	830	674	24	0	698
Bordwell IrlPar	2,804	957	671	217	254	471	165	108	88	5	0	93
Coolkerry IrlPar	1,620	457	328	130	130	260	69	54	45	3	0	48
Rathdowney IrlPar	17,225	6,879	4,789	1,908	1,927	3,835	1,133	848	661	13	4	678
Aghmacart IrlPar	9,601	3,667	2,483	988	968	1,956	600	461	364	21	0	385
Kildellig IrlPar	1,251	342	192	58	66	124	56	31	26	1	0	27
Killermogh IrlPar	2,765	1,114	549	226	225	451	197	103	93	3	0	96

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.