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	Knocktopher	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]
Knocktopher IrlBarony Total	46,765	15,028	10,942	4,136	4,332	8,468	2,388	1,906	1,491	55	0	1,546
Killahy IrlPar	4,388	1,145	904	378	400	778	156	149	129	0	0	129
Jerpointwest IrlPar	5,517	1,206	1,015	344	333	677	189	175	126	1	0	127
Listerlin IrlPar	5,432	1,565	1,031	439	432	871	230	186	137	3	0	140
Rossinan IrlPar	4,334	1,183	856	307	319	626	176	138	119	3	0	122
Fiddown IrlPar	11,109	4,519	3,610	1,446	1,582	3,028	735	654	526	15	0	541
Muckalee IrlPar	2,712	651	489	191	180	371	87	72	56	1	0	57
Dunnamaggan IrlPar	3,552	1,213	973	314	372	686	212	196	147	8	0	155
Stonecarthy IrlPar	1,490	768	582	188	166	354	138	118	69	17	0	86
Aghaviller IrlPar	5,671	1,997	1,170	416	440	856	324	211	147	4	0	151
Derrynahinch IrlPar	8,340	2,352	1,691	614	663	1,277	378	298	235	8	0	243
Ennisnag IrlPar	1,736	594	555	223	256	479	91	105	90	7	0	97
Jerpointchurch IrlPar	5,995	1,650	995	377	399	776	276	193	143	5	0	148
Kilbeacon IrlPar	3,403	1,362	1,181	534	566	1,100	232	191	176	8	0	184
Kilkeasy IrlPar	3,318	1,247	725	256	294	550	194	125	108	1	0	109
Knocktopher IrlPar	4,722	1,968	1,567	570	597	1,167	308	289	224	7	0	231
Lismateige IrlPar	1,644	545	403	153	167	320	81	60	51	1	0	52

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.