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• Total Population 1821 to 1911: Population grew from 111 in 1821 to 238 in 1911.
• Housing in 1851: 18.52 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
• Literacy in 1851: 55.4 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.
• Religion in 1911: 81.1 per cent of the population were Roman Catholic.

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
RAHILL	Preferred	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 947.
RAHILL AND BROUGHLSTOWN	Alternate	English			1821 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'.

Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CARLOW	Irish County			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 947.
BALTINGLASS	Poor Law Union			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 947.
RATHVILLY	Barony			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 947.

Boundary changes

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Lower level units

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