Borough of Galway IrlCorpTown through time | Census tables with data for the Barony

Administrative unit

Borough of Galway IrlCorpTown

Barony

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Population

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Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

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Total Population 1821 to 1891: Population fell from 27,775 in 1821 to 16,959 in 1891.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 7,983 males aged 20 and over, 1,883 were Labourers (non-agricultural).
Housing in 1851: 8.75 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
Literacy in 1851: 29.7 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: BOROUGH OF GALWAY
Unit Type:: Barony
Status:: Irish Corporate Town
Date created:: 1484
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 12874649
Authorities:: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837)

Borough of Galway IrlCorpTown, County Galway

Notes:

Galway was one of eight Irish urban areas listed as not part of any barony in the county reports of the 1851 census, being named there as 'Borough of Galway. Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) says "In 1396, the town, which had hitherto exercised its corporate privileges only by prescription, obtained from Rich. II. a perpetual grant of the customs for the repair of the walls, and also a charter of incorporation, confering many privileges, which charter was confirmed in 1402, by Hen. IV. ... In 1484, a new charter was granted to the town, vesting its government in a mayor and bailiffs".

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF GALWAY	Irish County			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
GALWAY	Irish County			Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837)

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
ORANMORE	Irish Civil Parish	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
RAHOON	Irish Civil Parish	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 461.
ST NICHOLAS	Irish Civil Parish	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 461.
GALWAY	Irish Town	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 461.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Borough of Galway IrlCorpTown through time | Census tables with data for the Barony, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12874649

Date accessed: 25th April 2024