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	Killian	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]
Killian IrlBarony Total	52,389	17,122	11,695	5,155	5,102	10,257	2,840	2,046	1,793	31	4	1,828
Ahascragh IrlPar	17,342	5,380	3,644	1,458	1,473	2,931	874	606	479	7	0	486
Athleague IrlPar	13,012	5,087	3,134	1,388	1,320	2,708	928	643	526	2	1	529
Ballynakill IrlPar	5,221	1,762	780	288	280	568	299	135	101	0	0	101
Killeroran IrlPar	12,595	5,162	3,651	1,617	1,529	3,146	847	659	549	14	1	564
Killian IrlPar	13,565	5,671	4,045	1,810	1,870	3,680	962	734	695	10	1	706
Moylough IrlPar	23,387	7,248	5,149	2,414	2,304	4,718	1,247	880	773	9	4	786
Taghboy IrlPar	13,996	3,825	2,792	1,285	1,217	2,502	688	529	467	15	1	483

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.