Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 216,185 Show data context
1831 216,185 Show data context 263,126 Show data context
1841 263,126 Show data context 293,880 Show data context
1851 293,880 Show data context 238,254 Show data context
1861 293,880 Show data context 238,239 Show data context 201,800 Show data context
1871 201,800 Show data context 196,586 Show data context
1881 201,039 Show data context 201,039 Show data context
1891 201,039 Show data context 179,136 Show data context
1911 159,691 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'
1911 1911 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county'

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Date accessed: 30th April 2024