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	Galway	List for Ireland Dep

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]
Galway IrlC Total	1,498,593	422,923	298,564	125,989	128,522	254,511	72,902	51,437	46,399	973	134	47,506
Aran IrlBarony	11,288	3,521	3,333	1,689	1,610	3,299	621	633	645	11	0	656
Athenry IrlBarony	25,782	8,179	5,859	2,247	2,233	4,480	1,407	1,013	801	17	2	820
Ballymoe IrlBarony	89,271	28,666	21,388	10,023	9,867	19,890	5,275	4,151	3,764	66	8	3,838
Ballynahinch IrlBarony	189,814	33,465	24,349	11,566	12,198	23,764	5,787	3,921	4,434	99	10	4,543
Clare IrlBarony	127,487	45,412	32,371	12,950	13,699	26,649	7,710	5,368	4,797	91	11	4,899
Clonmacnowen IrlBarony	35,467	14,715	14,045	4,745	4,996	9,741	2,295	1,844	1,637	65	7	1,709
Dunkellin IrlBarony	83,371	28,207	17,474	7,494	7,562	15,056	4,548	3,077	2,683	50	9	2,742
Dunmore IrlBarony	71,012	28,092	20,342	9,264	9,701	18,965	5,064	3,835	3,508	65	8	3,581
Galway IrlBarony	21,876	15,236	10,362	3,972	4,222	8,194	2,709	1,686	1,470	61	14	1,545
Kilconnell IrlBarony	64,819	17,162	11,582	4,660	4,501	9,161	2,902	2,015	1,615	33	10	1,658
Killian IrlBarony	52,389	17,122	11,695	5,155	5,102	10,257	2,840	2,046	1,793	31	4	1,828
Kiltartan IrlBarony	65,665	27,565	19,695	7,094	7,415	14,509	4,778	3,245	2,739	50	5	2,794
Leitrim IrlBarony	109,567	32,590	19,664	7,910	7,822	15,732	5,410	3,448	2,813	57	12	2,882
Longford IrlBarony	96,507	33,069	21,500	8,585	8,308	16,893	5,760	3,893	3,069	105	9	3,183
Loughrea IrlBarony	64,406	18,797	13,862	4,592	4,900	9,492	3,278	2,132	1,740	46	2	1,788
Moycullen IrlBarony	202,386	29,445	21,990	10,506	10,922	21,428	5,176	3,747	3,969	50	7	4,026
Ross IrlBarony	77,351	9,758	7,692	3,767	3,886	7,653	1,820	1,473	1,493	19	4	1,516
Tiaquin IrlBarony	110,136	31,922	21,361	9,770	9,578	19,348	5,522	3,910	3,429	57	12	3,498
Borough of Galway IrlCorpTown	617	17,275	23,695	8,068	8,899	16,967	2,504	2,782	2,296	136	10	2,442

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.