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	Gowran	List for Kilkenny 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]
Gowran IrlBarony Total	111,706	39,098	29,915	11,689	12,382	24,071	6,582	5,612	4,472	179	6	4,657
Ullard IrlPar	5,847	2,354	1,681	681	680	1,361	392	311	244	4	1	249
Wells IrlPar	2,726	1,601	1,298	504	569	1,073	310	264	233	4	0	237
Kilmadum IrlPar	3,425	1,119	819	302	294	596	173	142	113	3	0	116
Mothell IrlPar	7,092	2,586	1,835	756	735	1,491	394	304	253	7	0	260
Ballylinch IrlPar	1,167	319	229	71	78	149	49	41	25	0	0	25
Blackrath IrlPar	1,759	341	373	163	148	311	57	59	52	1	0	53
Blanchvilleskill IrlPar	854	152	121	32	40	72	24	17	12	0	0	12
Clara IrlPar	3,201	663	511	224	226	450	99	86	82	2	0	84
Columbkille IrlPar	4,473	1,116	920	382	409	791	190	164	144	2	1	147
Dunbell IrlPar	2,579	569	493	199	228	427	101	92	86	6	0	92
Dungarvan IrlPar	5,881	1,806	1,307	483	510	993	300	254	196	13	0	209
Famma IrlPar	492	106	83	29	28	57	17	14	9	0	0	9
Gowran IrlPar	6,347	2,934	2,444	894	1,011	1,905	502	477	387	24	0	411
Graiguenamanagh IrlPar	12,423	5,141	3,528	1,259	1,370	2,629	918	722	525	20	1	546
Grangesilvia IrlPar	4,807	2,413	1,796	719	735	1,454	442	387	298	16	2	316
Inistioge IrlPar	9,741	3,501	2,559	997	1,050	2,047	529	454	373	4	0	377
Jerpointabbey IrlPar	1,008	375	305	118	106	224	77	64	45	0	0	45
Jerpointwest IrlPar	5,517	1,206	1,015	344	333	677	189	175	126	1	0	127
Kilderry IrlPar	2,192	575	402	141	158	299	94	68	52	1	0	53
Kilfane IrlPar	3,972	931	682	280	290	570	152	137	113	2	0	115
Kilkieran IrlPar	1,106	175	190	70	68	138	24	28	20	0	0	20
Killarney IrlPar	155	75	52	29	23	52	12	7	7	0	0	7
Kilmacahill IrlPar	4,583	1,552	1,278	455	444	899	265	216	170	7	0	177
Pleberstown IrlPar	898	262	212	61	98	159	41	40	25	0	0	25
Powerstown IrlPar	5,433	1,730	1,327	487	558	1,045	278	249	194	7	0	201
Rathcoole IrlPar	3,673	1,283	813	313	283	596	194	141	103	3	0	106
Shankill IrlPar	6,489	2,586	1,753	765	797	1,562	413	313	287	11	0	298
St Johns IrlPar	5,531	5,448	4,519	2,100	2,072	4,172	939	813	689	55	0	744
St Martins IrlPar	782	306	224	92	116	208	50	48	41	1	0	42
St Mauls IrlPar	312	1,496	1,128	313	371	684	323	267	159	16	5	180
Thomastown IrlPar	2,042	2,744	2,180	876	1,056	1,932	536	433	327	14	1	342
Tiscoffin IrlPar	4,709	1,314	1,122	473	496	969	206	192	167	7	0	174
Treadingstown IrlPar	712	423	393	175	175	350	88	83	68	10	0	78
Tullaherin IrlPar	5,052	976	847	321	322	643	149	142	110	10	0	120
Woolengrange IrlPar	1,664	328	265	137	119	256	51	43	40	2	0	42

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.