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	Westmeath	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]
Westmeath IrlC Total	433,769	141,300	111,409	46,218	44,661	90,879	24,802	19,597	16,589	435	39	17,063
Brawny IrlBarony	10,070	7,264	8,568	2,730	3,138	5,868	1,291	1,167	1,091	12	1	1,104
Clonlonan IrlBarony	32,095	13,240	9,781	3,786	3,644	7,430	2,323	1,695	1,367	33	1	1,401
Corkaree IrlBarony	23,787	6,762	5,208	2,419	2,154	4,573	1,118	944	795	26	0	821
Delvin IrlBarony	39,063	9,943	7,148	3,149	3,184	6,333	1,734	1,310	1,159	39	4	1,202
Farbill IrlBarony	35,453	9,546	7,968	3,391	3,164	6,555	1,642	1,346	1,129	25	3	1,157
Fartullagh IrlBarony	37,512	9,312	7,183	3,155	2,996	6,151	1,613	1,324	1,118	26	3	1,147
Fore IrlBarony	49,056	16,532	12,146	4,971	4,882	9,853	2,899	2,344	1,877	47	5	1,929
Kilkenny West IrlBarony	31,169	11,272	8,087	3,421	3,345	6,766	2,022	1,527	1,285	26	2	1,313
Moyashel and Magheradernon IrlBarony	40,565	14,357	14,906	6,791	5,937	12,728	2,550	2,260	1,976	57	18	2,051
Moycashel IrlBarony	47,098	16,822	12,983	5,085	4,853	9,938	3,061	2,392	1,964	59	0	2,023
Moygoish IrlBarony	39,484	10,933	7,796	3,435	3,491	6,926	1,832	1,467	1,276	39	0	1,315
Rathconrath IrlBarony	48,415	15,317	9,635	3,885	3,873	7,758	2,717	1,821	1,552	46	2	1,600

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.