1891 Census of Ireland, Census of Ireland, 1891. Part I: Area, Houses, and Population: also the Ages, Civil or Conjugal Condition, Occupations, Birthplaces, Religion, and Education of the People. , 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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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area in 1891. [1]	Houses								Out-offices and Farmsteadings in 1891. [10]	Population							Valuation of Houses, Land, &c. in 1891. [18]
			1851. [2]	1861. [3]	1871. [4]	1881. [5]	1891					1851. [11]	1861. [12]	1871. [13]	1881. [14]	1891
							Total. [6]	Inhabited. [7]	Uninhabited. [8]	Building. [9]						Persons. [15]	Males. [16]	Females. [17]
Meath IrlC Total		578,298	183,116	25,320	21,674	19,315	18,316	17,355	16,059	1,239	57	140,750	110,373	95,558	87,469	76,987	39,224	37,763	547,388
Drogheda IrlBarony		4,059	2,229	547	454	397	347	313	289	24	0	2,328	2,023	1,736	1,432	1,298	611	687	6,326
Borough of Drogheda IrlCorpTown		454	17,300	3,329	3,277	3,222	2,887	2,841	2,536	301	4	16,845	14,740	13,510	12,297	11,873	5,619	6,254	19,444
Deece Lower IrlBarony		20,069	3,990	615	528	456	429	397	383	13	1	3,389	3,039	2,250	1,945	1,734	891	843	17,858
Deece Upper IrlBarony		28,680	5,160	716	568	508	471	471	426	43	2	3,783	2,926	2,411	2,230	1,994	1,036	958	29,795
Duleek Lower IrlBarony		37,717	11,825	2,042	1,814	1,564	1,576	1,480	1,317	158	5	10,509	8,763	7,489	7,018	6,316	3,167	3,149	42,820
Duleek Upper IrlBarony		28,466	7,096	1,092	909	765	716	703	631	72	0	5,499	4,441	3,672	3,274	2,902	1,498	1,404	30,821
Dunboyne IrlBarony		16,782	2,723	447	400	371	348	334	306	28	0	2,523	2,124	1,732	1,637	1,518	784	734	17,775
Fore IrlBarony		42,520	14,432	1,805	1,553	1,426	1,305	1,234	1,165	68	1	11,009	8,115	7,305	6,934	5,937	3,073	2,864	34,028
Kells Lower IrlBarony		36,148	14,627	1,713	1,499	1,312	1,205	1,167	1,076	82	9	8,963	7,289	6,655	5,952	5,150	2,659	2,491	28,978
Kells Upper IrlBarony		49,525	22,142	2,694	2,274	2,101	1,956	1,846	1,675	153	18	16,070	12,126	10,553	9,740	8,354	4,174	4,180	51,567
Lune IrlBarony		39,329	12,519	1,747	1,516	1,390	1,339	1,259	1,186	69	4	9,625	7,722	6,748	6,469	5,506	2,845	2,661	32,947
Morgallion IrlBarony		31,489	11,555	1,439	1,179	1,050	920	885	807	73	5	7,290	5,575	5,108	4,219	3,575	1,838	1,737	27,201
Moyfenrath Lower IrlBarony		40,401	12,859	1,881	1,579	1,441	1,421	1,317	1,244	67	6	11,618	8,517	7,239	6,758	6,119	3,080	3,039	38,378
Moyfenrath Upper IrlBarony		31,713	8,915	1,285	1,051	945	881	814	758	55	1	7,328	5,468	4,604	4,148	3,550	1,849	1,701	23,473
Navan Lower IrlBarony		25,838	15,161	2,137	1,964	1,718	1,728	1,601	1,519	80	2	12,523	9,890	8,799	8,294	7,779	3,871	3,908	31,540
Navan Upper IrlBarony		17,649	4,860	776	699	620	592	562	526	36	0	4,227	3,489	2,925	2,647	2,335	1,178	1,157	17,715
Ratoath IrlBarony		35,696	6,214	917	791	706	673	634	579	53	2	5,337	4,257	3,705	3,279	2,690	1,387	1,303	33,768
Skreen IrlBarony		40,835	9,456	1,364	1,180	1,019	956	933	874	58	1	7,276	5,879	5,054	4,744	4,186	2,135	2,051	41,046
Slane Lower IrlBarony		26,230	9,956	1,266	1,020	904	851	800	742	58	0	6,586	4,999	4,434	4,013	3,446	1,776	1,670	22,788
Slane Upper IrlBarony		29,212	9,626	1,384	1,150	1,019	949	918	845	73	0	7,195	5,754	4,875	4,168	3,896	1,983	1,913	24,892

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Meath IrlC:

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1871
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1881
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1891
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1891
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1891

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 listed valuations in pounds, shillings and pence but they are here rounded to the nearest pound,
4	The numbers in this table for Provinces, Counties and Baronies have been carefully checked. However, the parish listing is often hard to read and some transcriptions will be incorrect.

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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