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".

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If Drill-down 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]
Munster IProv Total   5,934,789 Show data context 2,396,055 Show data context 1,857,244 Show data context 744,682 Show data context 768,876 Show data context 1,513,558 Show data context 377,615 Show data context 286,801 Show data context 243,317 Show data context 9,961 Show data context 725 Show data context 254,003 Show data context
Clare IrlC Drill-down 768,265 Show data context 286,394 Show data context 212,428 Show data context 82,541 Show data context 83,764 Show data context 166,305 Show data context 46,099 Show data context 33,150 Show data context 28,108 Show data context 908 Show data context 89 Show data context 29,105 Show data context
County of the City of Cork IrlC Drill-down 2,266 Show data context 80,720 Show data context 85,745 Show data context 37,509 Show data context 42,612 Show data context 80,121 Show data context 10,113 Show data context 10,510 Show data context 9,740 Show data context 1,082 Show data context 26 Show data context 10,848 Show data context
Kerry IrlC Drill-down 1,159,356 Show data context 293,880 Show data context 238,239 Show data context 99,999 Show data context 101,801 Show data context 201,800 Show data context 48,231 Show data context 35,528 Show data context 32,178 Show data context 855 Show data context 91 Show data context 33,124 Show data context
Limerick IrlC Drill-down 660,898 Show data context 281,532 Show data context 208,688 Show data context 85,243 Show data context 87,558 Show data context 172,801 Show data context 43,944 Show data context 32,562 Show data context 27,948 Show data context 869 Show data context 74 Show data context 28,891 Show data context
County of the City of Limerick IrlC Drill-down 2,075 Show data context 48,391 Show data context 53,448 Show data context 20,469 Show data context 24,007 Show data context 44,476 Show data context 5,866 Show data context 6,482 Show data context 5,677 Show data context 472 Show data context 32 Show data context 6,181 Show data context
Waterford IrlC Drill-down 455,773 Show data context 172,971 Show data context 138,754 Show data context 53,561 Show data context 57,398 Show data context 110,959 Show data context 26,244 Show data context 21,666 Show data context 18,123 Show data context 789 Show data context 42 Show data context 18,954 Show data context
Cork IrlC Drill-down 1,836,655 Show data context 773,398 Show data context 563,158 Show data context 232,128 Show data context 232,569 Show data context 464,697 Show data context 125,319 Show data context 91,038 Show data context 76,858 Show data context 3,190 Show data context 204 Show data context 80,252 Show data context
Tipperary IrlC Drill-down 1,048,969 Show data context 435,553 Show data context 331,487 Show data context 122,483 Show data context 126,623 Show data context 249,106 Show data context 68,649 Show data context 51,908 Show data context 41,316 Show data context 1,559 Show data context 156 Show data context 43,031 Show data context

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.