Rathfarnham Town through time

Rathfarnham Town

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

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

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

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

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
DUBLIN	Irish County	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 779.
DUBLIN SOUTH	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. 779.
RATHDOWN	Barony	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 779.
RATHFARNHAM	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. 779.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Rathfarnham Town through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13420660

Date accessed: 15th February 2026