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	Kells Lower	List for Meath 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]
Kells Lower IrlBarony Total	36,171	14,627	8,963	3,697	3,592	7,289	2,531	1,713	1,457	37	5	1,499
Cruicetown IrlPar	1,863	432	354	91	81	172	69	61	39	0	0	39
Emlagh IrlPar	2,119	426	277	123	126	249	70	48	49	0	0	49
Enniskeen IrlPar	20,810	11,548	7,331	3,103	3,052	6,155	2,118	1,444	1,244	53	3	1,300
Kilbeg IrlPar	5,185	2,036	1,233	575	520	1,095	353	223	210	2	0	212
Kilmainham IrlPar	3,716	1,412	1,040	429	422	851	255	206	178	5	2	185
Moybolgue IrlPar	6,761	3,715	2,104	960	881	1,841	633	414	375	13	0	388
Moynalty IrlPar	12,679	6,279	3,757	1,516	1,534	3,050	1,064	705	580	18	0	598
Newtown IrlPar	1,103	174	137	52	59	111	32	23	22	1	0	23
Nobber IrlPar	10,488	3,757	2,295	904	895	1,799	656	437	339	19	1	359
Staholmog IrlPar	2,109	579	418	159	161	320	108	93	76	1	0	77

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.