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County, Barony and Parish--level population counts for Ireland in 1891.

Table ID:
PAR_1891_I     (1252427)
Contents:
County, Barony and Parish--level population counts for Ireland in 1891.
Approx. number of rows:
3,503
Table type:
Raw Data
Documentation Author:
Humphrey Southall
Chronology:
The data are for the single year 1891.

Sources:

  1. These data are a partial transcription of Table VII, "Area, Houses, Out-offices and Farm-steadings, and Population, together with the Valuation of each Barony, Parish, Townland, and Township in 1891", in each of the county reports within the em>Area, Houses, and Population volumes of the Census of Ireland for 1891. It is partial in that it was limited to the totals for parishes and counties. However, it has been supplemented by a complete transciption of Table III in the same reports, "Area in 1891, houses and population in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891, of each barony, also the general valuation in 1891", which contains almost exactly the same columns (see below for details). The two tables have been combined to ensure that parish rows are followed by the totals for the relevant barony. and parish and barony rows by the relevant county.
  2. The data were manually transcribed by Harold Price in 2022.

Notes:

  1. This table is notable for including counts from all censuses 1851 to 1891.
  2. As with other Irish parish tables, parishes are often split between two or more baronies.

Checking:

  1. All rows have been matched to the AUO, with the exception of those with the row_type 'Other Total' (see below).
  2. The total number of houses in 1891 has been checked against the sum of the three different categories of housses.
  3. The total population in 1891 has similarly been checked against the sum of males and females.
  4. With the exception of the types of houses, and the 1891 males and females, which are checked by the above row checksums, all other numeric columns have been checked by summing parishes and comparing with barony totals; and similarly for baronies and counties, and for counties and provinces. The values for baronies and higher are substantially error free, but there are currently many problems with the parish-level data. Some are hard to resolve given problems with the printing in the original reports.

Columns within table:

ColumnTypeContents
row_type Text string (max.len.=24). Type of row:
  • Nation (1)
  • Province (4)
  • County (42)
  • Barony (337)
  • Parish (3,102)
  • Other Total (17). These include counts combining counties with associated cities, and totals for full baronies where the listing is by half-barony. To avoid errors in various calculations, these rows do not contain unit IDs.
vol_1891 Text string (max.len.=10). Volume (I-IV) from the 1891 census reports the unit appears in.
page_1891 Text string (max.len.=16). Page number within the 1891 census reports the unit appears on.
province Text string (max.len.=16). Name of the province containing the county.
county Text string (max.len.=68). Name of the county. This will be empty for Provinces.
barony Text string (max.len.=154). Name of the barony. This will be empty for counties.
parish Text string (max.len.=154). Name of the parish. This will be empty for counties and baronies.
bracketed_letter Text string (max.len.=54). Letters that appear in brackets immediately after the parish name, providing a link to footnotes. In general, any such notes have been copied into the 'notes' column.
area_a Integer number. Area in 1891: Acres.
area_r Integer number. Area in 1891: Roods.
area_p Integer number. Area in 1891: Perches.
area_decimal Floating point number. Area in acres, including the area given by roods and perches as a decimal fraction of acres. This derived value was computed based on 4 roods per acre, and 40 perches per rood.
hous_1841 Integer number. Houses: 1841. I.e. the total number of houses. NB this value appears only for Provinces, Counties and Baronies, and is taken from Table 3.
hous_1851 Integer number. Houses: 1851.
hous_1861 Integer number. Houses: 1861.
hous_1871 Integer number. Houses: 1871.
hous_1881 Integer number. Houses: 1881.
hous_1891 Integer number. Houses: 1891: Total.
hous_inh Integer number. Houses: 1891: Inhabited.
hous_uninh Integer number. Houses: 1891: Uninhabited.
hous_bldg Integer number. Houses: 1891: Building.
farmsteads Integer number. Out-offices and Farmsteadings in 1891.
pop_1841 Integer number. Population: 1841. NB this value appears only for Provinces, Counties and Baronies, and is taken from Table 3.
pop_1851 Integer number. Population: 1851.
pop_1861 Integer number. Population: 1861.
pop_1871 Integer number. Population: 1871.
pop_1881 Integer number. Population: 1881.
pop_1891 Integer number. Population in 1891: Total.
male_1891 Integer number. Population: 1891: Males.
fem_1891 Integer number. Population: 1891: Females.
value_pnd Integer number. Valuation of Houses, Land, &c. in 1891: £ [Pounds]
value_shil Integer number. Valuation of Houses, Land, &c. in 1891: s. [Shillings]
value_pence Integer number. Valuation of Houses, Land, &c. in 1891: d. [Pence]. This is defined as a floating point value as this column sometimes includes halfpennies.
value_total Floating point number. Total General Valuation in 1891 converted into pence, based on 20 shillings per pound and 12 pence per shilling.
notes Text string (max.len.=3054). Footnotes appearing in the original tables.
province_unit Integer number. ID number for the province containing the county, as defined in the AUO.
county_unit Integer number. ID number for the county, as defined in the AUO.
barony_unit Integer number. ID number for the barony, as defined in the AUO.
parish_unit Integer number. ID number for the parish, as defined in the AUO.
rec_num Integer number. Sequence number to keep rows in their original order, added on loading the data into GBHDB.