Vision of Ireland | 1891 Census: Population summary

1891 Census of Ireland, Census of Ireland, 1891. Part I: Area, Houses, and Population: also the Ages, Civil or Conjugal Condition, Occupations, Birthplaces, Religion, and Education of the People. , Table 7 : " Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891".

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click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in 1891. [1]	Houses								Out-offices and Farmsteadings in 1891. [10]	Population							Valuation of Houses, Land, &c. in 1891. [18]
		1851. [2]	1861. [3]	1871. [4]	1881. [5]	1891					1851. [11]	1861. [12]	1871. [13]	1881. [14]	1891
		1851. [2]	1861. [3]	1871. [4]	1881. [5]	Total. [6]	Inhabited. [7]	Uninhabited. [8]	Building. [9]		1851. [11]	1861. [12]	1871. [13]	1881. [14]	Persons. [15]	Males. [16]	Females. [17]
Ireland Dep Total	20,327,947	8,175,124	1,113,354	1,039,033	995,080	974,075	942,500	-	-	-	6,552,385	5,798,564	5,412,377	5,174,836	4,704,750	2,318,953	2,385,797	13,977,772
Leinster IProv	4,836,708	1,972,881	276,091	247,997	235,641	231,403	225,647	-	-	-	1,672,552	1,457,322	1,339,451	1,278,989	1,187,760	587,847	599,913	4,700,979
Munster IProv	5,934,682	2,396,161	286,963	253,953	242,414	231,703	219,850	-	-	-	1,857,736	1,513,558	1,393,485	1,331,115	1,172,402	587,611	584,791	3,365,795
Ulster IProv	5,322,334	2,386,373	373,084	368,872	359,876	361,193	357,275	-	-	-	2,011,880	1,914,236	1,833,228	1,743,075	1,619,814	781,329	838,485	4,463,726
Connaught IProv	4,234,224	1,418,859	177,112	168,211	157,149	149,776	139,728	-	-	-	1,010,031	913,135	846,213	821,657	724,774	362,166	362,608	1,430,907

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 listed valuations in pounds, shillings and pence but they are here rounded to the nearest pound,
4	The numbers in this table for Provinces, Counties and Baronies have been carefully checked. However, the parish listing is often hard to read and some transcriptions will be incorrect.

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