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	Clare	List for Galway 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]
Clare IrlBarony Total	127,487	45,412	32,371	12,950	13,699	26,649	7,710	5,368	4,797	91	11	4,899
Athenry IrlPar	24,951	5,989	4,505	1,918	1,963	3,881	1,072	777	682	13	7	702
Killererin IrlPar	14,535	4,782	3,111	1,374	1,430	2,804	817	569	500	11	1	512
Tuam IrlPar	25,016	13,425	13,060	4,462	4,844	9,306	2,481	1,966	1,727	39	7	1,773
Abbeyknockmoy IrlPar	12,386	3,846	2,547	1,257	1,292	2,549	715	524	478	7	1	486
Annaghdown IrlPar	19,550	7,108	4,041	1,916	1,968	3,884	1,180	758	714	20	1	735
Belclare IrlPar	7,847	2,663	1,793	731	788	1,519	456	345	280	2	0	282
Cargin IrlPar	2,867	1,369	1,042	399	394	793	207	176	126	2	0	128
Claregalway IrlPar	11,984	4,042	2,763	1,348	1,353	2,701	671	489	487	6	0	493
Cummer IrlPar	9,315	1,889	1,419	651	612	1,263	319	257	225	1	0	226
Donaghpatrick IrlPar	10,342	3,770	2,392	976	1,004	1,980	654	436	372	2	0	374
Kilcoona IrlPar	5,723	1,609	800	371	407	778	262	142	141	6	0	147
Kilkilvery IrlPar	2,736	1,470	802	278	315	593	223	130	105	4	0	109
Killeany IrlPar	4,560	1,772	978	391	451	842	296	169	148	2	0	150
Killower IrlPar	3,597	905	528	274	273	547	145	99	88	1	0	89
Killursa IrlPar	6,371	4,995	3,095	1,278	1,443	2,721	797	513	492	5	1	498
Kilmoylan IrlPar	8,568	1,903	1,590	740	770	1,510	345	307	288	2	0	290
Lackagh IrlPar	12,997	3,532	2,082	955	953	1,908	611	371	339	7	0	346
Monivea IrlPar	21,932	4,810	3,119	1,341	1,336	2,677	828	554	470	7	2	479
Kilcloony IrlPar	7,289	7,248	8,838	2,588	2,970	5,558	1,051	951	917	47	6	970
Kilbennan IrlPar	7,656	2,844	2,200	1,018	1,029	2,047	482	429	398	7	0	405

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.