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	Forth	List for Carlow 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]
Forth IrlBarony Total	39,510	11,427	8,270	3,390	3,380	6,770	1,948	1,532	1,254	43	1	1,298
Kellistown IrlPar	4,406	684	414	155	163	318	114	79	62	3	1	66
Nurney IrlPar	2,723	905	671	272	282	554	154	127	112	3	0	115
Tullowmagimma IrlPar	4,064	1,125	984	406	445	851	183	178	165	5	0	170
Aghade IrlPar	1,698	521	430	173	170	343	94	84	70	4	0	74
Ardoyne IrlPar	6,578	1,791	1,351	550	536	1,086	298	218	181	7	0	188
Ballon IrlPar	3,700	1,524	1,278	526	560	1,086	272	250	212	8	0	220
Ballyellin IrlPar	4,958	1,750	1,355	571	550	1,121	287	238	195	3	2	200
Barragh IrlPar	13,297	3,742	2,488	1,057	1,039	2,096	629	464	381	19	1	401
Fennagh IrlPar	10,524	4,314	3,710	1,471	1,478	2,949	770	655	521	10	2	533
Gilbertstown IrlPar	3,169	698	631	229	228	457	117	115	85	1	0	86
Myshall IrlPar	9,460	2,825	1,932	823	809	1,632	503	365	299	8	0	307
Templepeter IrlPar	1,046	317	234	74	85	159	50	39	27	2	0	29

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.