1861 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1861. Part I. Area, Population and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions., Table [1] : " Area, population and number of houses".

Show top level table	Offaly West	Show Kildare IrlC table

Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area (Acres) [1]	Population					Houses
			In 1841	In 1851	In 1861			In 1841	In 1851	In 1861
			Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons [6]	Number [7]	Number [8]	Inhabited [9]	Uninhabited [10]	Building [11]	Total [12]
Offaly West IrlBarony Total		40,603	11,213	8,930	3,943	3,764	7,707	1,923	1,616	1,380	30	0	1,410
Nurney IrlPar		3,929	1,386	1,171	497	481	978	243	222	184	5	0	189
Fontstown IrlPar		5,280	1,386	865	393	314	707	229	151	118	0	0	118
Ballysax IrlPar		7,208	1,220	882	5,525	1,410	6,935	204	154	181	3	0	184
Ballyshannon IrlPar		2,815	494	327	172	156	328	85	58	60	4	0	64
Rathangan IrlPar		11,530	2,991	2,544	1,017	1,062	2,079	520	473	401	16	0	417
Ballybrackan IrlPar		3,057	1,365	1,105	548	527	1,075	228	201	196	0	0	196
Duneany IrlPar		3,085	617	524	212	169	381	100	85	69	0	0	69
Harristown IrlPar		4,680	920	662	305	286	591	154	109	95	2	0	97
Kildangan IrlPar		989	115	105	46	45	91	22	20	18	0	0	18
Kilrush IrlPar		4,077	577	531	250	200	450	102	95	80	0	0	80
Knavinstown IrlPar		619	65	50	17	14	31	7	8	5	0	0	5
Lackagh IrlPar		8,317	1,595	1,403	567	569	1,136	295	271	225	5	0	230
Monasterevin IrlPar		7,142	3,693	2,933	1,226	1,264	2,490	634	530	436	16	0	452
Walterstown IrlPar		1,502	376	320	114	119	233	55	48	38	2	0	40

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Offaly West IrlBarony:

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1841
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1851
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1861
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1861
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1861

Comments:

1	Parishes were often divided between different Baronies, and Baronies were sometimes divided between different Counties, but this reconstruction always lists the totals for whole Parishes or Baronies. The original table also sometimes lists separate counts for 'Towns' and the remainders of Parishes, but here again we list only Parish totals.
2	The original table lists areas in Acres, Rods and Perches, but they have been converted here into decimal acres.
3	The original table also includes Poor Law and General Valuations for each area.

This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.

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