Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 218,432 Show data context
1831 218,432 Show data context 248,801 Show data context
1841 248,801 Show data context 281,532 Show data context
1851 281,532 Show data context 208,684 Show data context
1861 281,532 Show data context 208,688 Show data context 172,801 Show data context
1871 172,775 Show data context 152,583 Show data context
1881 142,070 Show data context 142,070 Show data context
1891 142,070 Show data context 121,757 Show data context
1911 104,551 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: 05th October 2024