Queenstown IrlTown through time | Census tables with data for the Irish Town

Administrative unit

Queenstown IrlTown

Irish Town

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Population

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Housing

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Housing in 1851: .43 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
Literacy in 1851: 52.4 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.

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Preferred Name:: QUEENSTOWN
Unit Type:: Irish Town
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 13417775
Authorities:: UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 766.

Queenstown IrlTown, County Cork

Notes:

Confusingly, Queenstown was given its name following Queen Victoria's visit in 1849 and it was previously known as Cove; but the Cove listed within County Cork in the 1851 Index of Townlands is a different town, also known as Summercove.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
QUEENSTOWN	Preferred	English	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 766.
COBH	Alternate	English	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
COVE	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
CORK	Irish County	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 766.
BARRYMORE	Barony	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 766.
CORK	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. 766.
CLONMEL	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. 766.
GREAT ISLAND	Irish Civil Parish	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
TEMPLEROBIN	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. 766.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Queenstown IrlTown through time | Census tables with data for the Irish Town, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13417775

Date accessed: 29th April 2024