St Marys IrlPar through time | Census tables with data for the Irish Civil Parish

Administrative unit

St Marys IrlPar

Irish Civil Parish

Historical statistics
Key findings
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Population

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

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.

Roots & Religion

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

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Total Population 1821 to 1911: Population fell from 4,753 in 1821 to 3,608 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,070 males aged 20 and over, 327 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
Housing in 1851: 25.99 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
Literacy in 1851: 23.1 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.
Religion in 1911: 95.1 per cent of the population were Roman Catholic.

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

Preferred Name:: ST MARYS
Unit Type:: Irish Civil Parish
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 12869563
Authorities:: UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 950.

St Marys IrlPar, County Louth

Notes:

According to the 1891 census County Report, the part of St. Mary's parish which was then in Lower Duleek barony was "formerly in the barony of Drogheda, [and] was annexed to that of Duleek, Lower,, under the provision of the Act 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 121."

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ST MARYS	Preferred	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 950.
SAINT MARY	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
LOUTH	Irish County	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 950.
MEATH	Irish County	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 950.
BOROUGH OF DROGHEDA IrlCorpTown	Barony	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 950.
DROGHEDA	Barony	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 950.
DROGHEDA	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. 950.
DULEEK LOWER	Barony	1891 Census of Ireland, Table 7, 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891'.

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, St Marys IrlPar through time | Census tables with data for the Irish Civil Parish, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12869563

Date accessed: 05th November 2024