Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 19,343 Show data context
1831 19,343 Show data context 21,047 Show data context
1841 21,047 Show data context 19,464 Show data context
1851 19,464 Show data context 15,149 Show data context
1861 19,464 Show data context 15,149 Show data context 13,635 Show data context
1871 13,635 Show data context 12,385 Show data context
1881 10,311 Show data context 10,311 Show data context
1891 10,311 Show data context 8,394 Show data context
Date: Source:
1821 - 1831 1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831 - 1841 1831 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'
1841 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
1851 1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1871 - 1891 1891 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 7 , 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891'

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The only information provided by the first three censuses was a three-way categorisation of families. In 1831, this more detailed categorisation was published, although it was limited to males aged 20 and over (although numbers of male servants under 20, and of female servants, were also listed). These are the most detailed parish-level occupational data ever published by the census. Information on the precise occupations of workers in retail trade and handicrafts was also published at county-level.


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Date accessed: 01st October 2024