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	Kells	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]
Kells IrlBarony Total	38,376	12,863	9,725	3,643	3,774	7,417	2,074	1,760	1,369	44	2	1,415
Callan IrlPar	5,634	6,128	6,365	1,792	2,194	3,986	1,147	902	759	18	3	780
Ballytobin IrlPar	2,394	714	546	205	227	432	117	98	81	1	0	82
Coolaghmore IrlPar	5,505	1,621	1,066	424	430	854	247	189	156	6	1	163
Dunnamaggan IrlPar	3,552	1,213	973	314	372	686	212	196	147	8	0	155
Kells IrlPar	4,410	1,831	1,672	638	642	1,280	312	315	251	9	0	260
Killamery IrlPar	6,526	1,965	1,534	559	587	1,146	320	271	206	8	0	214
Kilmaganny IrlPar	7,455	2,635	1,826	691	679	1,370	410	331	236	3	1	240
Kilree IrlPar	1,947	720	405	139	153	292	114	70	51	0	0	51
Mallardstown IrlPar	2,526	591	433	180	177	357	96	78	66	1	0	67
Stonecarthy IrlPar	1,490	768	582	188	166	354	138	118	69	17	0	86
Tullahought IrlPar	4,602	1,750	1,364	522	538	1,060	270	228	186	8	0	194

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.