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	Roscommon	List for Roscommon 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]
Roscommon IrlBarony Total	81,585	43,494	26,856	11,550	11,166	22,716	7,643	4,725	4,123	103	14	4,240
Kilglass IrlPar	14,219	10,053	4,374	2,234	2,075	4,309	1,816	825	801	32	5	838
Kilbride IrlPar	19,287	8,578	4,719	1,935	1,782	3,717	1,438	815	638	7	1	646
Creeve IrlPar	4,574	2,086	1,244	521	548	1,069	370	229	196	4	2	202
Aughrim IrlPar	8,120	4,469	2,436	1,085	979	2,064	792	429	366	6	0	372
Bumlin IrlPar	6,582	5,257	2,855	1,051	1,016	2,067	929	449	341	9	1	351
Clooncraff IrlPar	4,859	2,853	1,601	653	619	1,272	506	306	240	11	1	252
Cloonfinlough IrlPar	7,814	4,782	2,881	1,347	1,363	2,710	856	546	473	11	3	487
Elphin IrlPar	12,544	6,781	4,727	2,169	2,091	4,260	1,200	856	786	23	2	811
Kilcooley IrlPar	3,477	2,005	1,554	547	550	1,097	335	213	202	5	1	208
Killukin IrlPar	5,957	3,445	2,057	858	824	1,682	591	391	309	5	2	316
Kiltrustan IrlPar	6,208	3,938	2,638	943	921	1,864	713	444	379	10	1	390
Lissonuffy IrlPar	11,510	4,832	2,977	1,375	1,304	2,679	858	527	494	8	0	502
Ogulla IrlPar	6,214	1,826	1,059	536	496	1,032	304	200	187	5	3	195
Shankill IrlPar	6,611	2,626	1,721	805	810	1,615	450	303	280	9	0	289

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.