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 Wexford 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	38,849	24,557	24,728	10,100	11,590	21,690	4,204	4,284	3,808	189	16	4,013
Ballybrennan IrlPar	1,041	260	215	105	104	209	40	39	37	0	0	37
Ballymore IrlPar	2,525	568	586	230	207	437	87	90	72	1	0	73
Carn IrlPar	1,963	914	742	323	344	667	129	130	113	5	0	118
Drinagh IrlPar	1,171	436	392	182	174	356	76	71	70	4	0	74
Ishartmon IrlPar	966	239	192	84	77	161	32	29	23	0	1	24
Kerloge IrlPar	269	116	97	27	35	62	23	23	13	1	1	15
Kildavin IrlPar	3,411	1,099	959	418	403	821	194	170	159	8	0	167
Killiane IrlPar	1,074	280	275	134	123	257	51	51	46	2	0	48
Killinick IrlPar	1,284	611	572	226	259	485	111	115	96	5	0	101
Kilmacree IrlPar	1,112	218	175	66	79	145	37	33	33	0	0	33
Kilrane IrlPar	2,048	720	699	282	280	562	97	105	89	3	0	92
Kilscoran IrlPar	2,152	666	641	245	264	509	117	116	95	1	0	96
Ladysisland IrlPar	597	289	263	128	129	257	53	51	47	2	0	49
Maudlintown IrlPar	841	723	756	346	423	769	152	159	167	7	0	174
Mayglass IrlPar	3,528	1,112	1,093	397	428	825	189	187	151	5	1	157
Rathaspick IrlPar	2,804	737	763	268	317	585	112	129	113	4	0	117
Rathmacknee IrlPar	1,861	573	473	195	197	392	99	91	72	6	0	78
Rosslare IrlPar	2,532	978	895	368	377	745	172	169	136	11	0	147
St Helens IrlPar	671	222	214	95	91	186	28	28	27	1	0	28
St Iberius IrlPar	891	528	522	219	231	450	107	106	96	1	0	97
St Margarets IrlPar	468	90	92	41	33	74	12	12	13	1	0	14
St Michaels IrlPar	387	95	77	26	29	55	16	13	10	0	0	10
St Peters IrlPar	1,405	1,690	1,164	435	509	944	331	233	200	9	0	209
Tacumshin IrlPar	3,154	961	875	347	332	679	147	146	128	7	0	135
St Johns IrlPar	525	2,954	4,218	1,580	1,885	3,465	453	603	545	27	1	573
St Bridgets IrlPar	9	544	246	101	114	215	96	48	39	2	10	51
St Doologes IrlPar	4	248	251	106	133	239	53	51	44	1	0	45
St Iberius in Town of Wexford IrlPar	16	1,445	1,399	607	773	1,380	233	241	207	18	0	225
St Marys IrlPar	12	413	765	337	400	737	85	129	122	9	0	131
St Michaels of Feagh IrlPar	100	2,213	2,005	941	1,202	2,143	437	452	419	19	0	438
St Patricks IrlPar	7	649	612	301	363	664	118	117	109	7	0	116
St Selskars IrlPar	21	1,966	2,152	940	1,275	2,215	317	345	317	22	2	341

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.