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	Dunkellin	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]
Dunkellin IrlBarony Total	83,371	28,207	17,474	7,494	7,562	15,056	4,548	3,077	2,683	50	9	2,742
Athenry IrlPar	24,951	5,989	4,505	1,918	1,963	3,881	1,072	777	682	13	7	702
Kilconickny IrlPar	8,353	2,564	1,772	729	715	1,444	434	322	266	8	0	274
Kilconierin IrlPar	5,478	1,552	915	353	352	705	238	146	126	2	0	128
Lickerrig IrlPar	4,469	1,191	622	223	229	452	180	108	84	1	0	85
Claregalway IrlPar	11,984	4,042	2,763	1,348	1,353	2,701	671	489	487	6	0	493
Ardrahan IrlPar	17,948	4,191	2,887	1,138	1,222	2,360	703	523	444	7	0	451
Ballynacourty IrlPar	6,293	3,407	2,035	855	847	1,702	523	332	264	6	2	272
Drumacoo IrlPar	1,932	1,254	659	263	282	545	205	119	98	0	0	98
Kilchreest IrlPar	3,419	1,579	954	348	361	709	272	177	126	9	1	136
Kilcolgan IrlPar	5,548	1,359	647	263	272	535	221	124	105	0	0	105
Killeely IrlPar	6,233	1,740	1,042	486	496	982	284	191	187	1	0	188
Killeenavarra IrlPar	5,174	1,717	960	427	427	854	245	168	151	3	2	156
Killeeneen IrlPar	4,967	1,531	1,014	417	425	842	251	174	142	0	1	143
Killinan IrlPar	5,761	1,033	419	148	139	287	154	72	53	4	0	57
Killogilleen IrlPar	3,605	1,074	699	258	284	542	186	125	95	1	1	97
Killora IrlPar	5,372	1,618	1,180	459	444	903	268	210	163	2	0	165
Oranmore IrlPar	17,700	7,952	5,082	2,210	2,188	4,398	1,355	934	817	13	0	830
Stradbally IrlPar	4,168	1,264	777	332	334	666	191	125	121	3	1	125
Killinny IrlPar	6,117	1,165	772	355	355	710	204	136	140	1	0	141

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.