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	Limerick	List for Limerick 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]
Limerick IrlCity Total	2,075	48,391	53,448	20,469	24,007	44,476	5,866	6,482	5,677	472	32	6,181
Killeely IrlPar	6,578	5,065	3,690	1,534	1,574	3,108	836	624	565	19	11	595
St Munchins IrlPar	4,554	4,593	2,737	1,199	1,494	2,693	570	391	401	36	0	437
St Patricks IrlPar	5,233	4,132	3,347	1,268	1,409	2,677	696	636	494	22	2	518
Abington IrlPar	30,400	8,208	6,146	2,611	2,635	5,246	1,306	944	803	7	0	810
Caheravally IrlPar	3,833	1,717	986	450	409	859	274	164	137	5	2	144
Cahernarry IrlPar	2,478	1,388	890	356	335	691	214	138	115	3	3	121
Carrigparson IrlPar	1,449	568	370	179	192	371	77	52	53	1	0	54
Derrygalvin IrlPar	1,719	718	486	208	181	389	114	76	62	8	0	70
Donaghmore IrlPar	943	727	437	144	145	289	120	69	50	6	0	56
Killeenagarriff IrlPar	4,455	2,724	1,399	620	634	1,254	438	225	207	8	0	215
Kilmurry IrlPar	3,505	1,708	1,116	437	475	912	268	188	157	15	0	172
St Johns IrlPar	133	12,775	12,815	4,961	6,239	11,200	1,427	1,665	1,501	153	5	1,659
St Lawrences IrlPar	280	1,794	1,446	856	517	1,373	196	235	147	13	0	160
St Nicholas IrlPar	1,889	3,290	5,768	1,329	1,804	3,133	454	353	209	8	4	221
Stradbally IrlPar	6,488	5,433	4,133	1,617	1,698	3,315	913	692	588	36	3	627
Crecora IrlPar	3,013	1,284	707	327	306	633	207	122	97	5	0	102
Kilkeedy IrlPar	8,728	4,109	3,506	1,368	1,469	2,837	637	589	504	17	0	521
Knocknagaul IrlPar	2,172	1,230	714	272	286	558	199	135	104	7	0	111
Mungret IrlPar	6,149	3,293	2,178	954	927	1,881	526	387	315	14	2	331
St Michaels IrlPar	1,567	18,254	22,123	9,881	11,041	20,922	2,711	3,188	2,779	222	12	3,013
St Marys IrlPar	45	7,942	7,663	3,094	3,775	6,869	507	656	611	54	0	665

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.