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	Leitrim	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]
Leitrim IrlBarony Total	109,567	32,590	19,664	7,910	7,822	15,732	5,410	3,448	2,813	57	12	2,882
Inishcaltra IrlPar	9,472	2,378	1,372	561	557	1,118	389	254	203	6	1	210
Kilbarron IrlPar	7,921	2,853	1,878	666	647	1,313	518	344	252	7	0	259
Killoran IrlPar	5,394	1,838	1,134	475	492	967	322	210	184	6	1	191
Abbeygormacan IrlPar	11,757	2,930	2,047	823	770	1,593	499	359	293	9	0	302
Ballynakill IrlPar	55,626	14,373	9,201	3,892	3,861	7,753	2,423	1,565	1,339	11	4	1,354
Clonrush IrlPar	7,411	3,115	1,874	753	747	1,500	519	351	282	4	3	289
Duniry IrlPar	5,828	2,392	1,322	497	472	969	370	228	180	8	0	188
Kilcooly IrlPar	1,616	576	288	120	119	239	103	66	56	3	0	59
Kilmeen IrlPar	3,808	980	506	209	218	427	168	95	77	3	1	81
Kilreekill IrlPar	5,947	1,737	1,167	353	351	704	285	211	135	4	0	139
Kilteskill IrlPar	4,696	802	598	266	237	503	137	109	90	1	0	91
Leitrim IrlPar	4,099	1,562	760	358	350	708	240	136	129	2	0	131
Tynagh IrlPar	12,455	5,941	3,086	1,125	1,140	2,265	1,006	552	423	15	3	441

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.