Vision of Britain | 1891 Census: Population summary

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
		1851. [2]	1861. [3]	1871. [4]	1881. [5]	Total. [6]	Inhabited. [7]	Uninhabited. [8]	Building. [9]		1851. [11]	1861. [12]	1871. [13]	1881. [14]	Persons. [15]	Males. [16]	Females. [17]
Limerick IrlC Total	660,898	281,638	32,602	28,891	26,816	25,134	23,463	-	-	-	208,684	172,775	152,583	142,070	121,757	60,908	60,849	464,668
Clanwilliam IrlBarony	55,627	30,169	3,513	3,068	2,738	2,461	2,323	2,171	149	3	21,034	17,729	15,086	13,554	11,959	6,091	5,868	53,807
Connello Lower IrlBarony	47,850	23,898	2,888	2,543	2,171	1,957	1,789	1,620	160	9	18,738	13,765	11,175	10,119	8,397	4,209	4,188	33,749
Connello Upper IrlBarony	61,257	29,814	3,133	2,682	2,449	2,262	2,075	1,908	162	5	20,032	15,038	12,510	11,540	9,613	4,846	4,767	39,013
Coonagh IrlBarony	36,323	17,187	1,839	1,731	1,630	1,582	1,496	1,433	56	7	12,567	10,716	9,841	9,100	8,113	4,051	4,062	29,228
Coshlea IrlBarony	95,232	38,388	4,320	3,620	3,383	3,211	2,954	2,823	125	6	27,140	22,518	20,533	18,829	15,867	7,958	7,909	60,074
Coshma IrlBarony	49,018	21,705	2,469	2,190	1,961	1,778	1,653	1,541	112	0	15,328	13,285	10,986	9,778	8,099	3,941	4,158	47,793
Glenquin IrlBarony	96,402	30,824	3,932	3,681	3,695	3,605	3,416	3,275	133	8	25,937	22,254	21,351	21,522	18,779	9,485	9,294	44,040
Kenry IrlBarony	26,223	13,312	1,443	1,264	1,087	992	912	598	60	0	8,362	6,985	5,632	4,968	4,226	2,134	2,092	18,907
Kilmallock IrlBarony	4,074	3,126	414	389	370	354	378	345	33	0	3,160	2,512	2,102	2,004	1,927	972	955	6,732
North Liberties IrlBarony	3,042	1,202	137	132	144	137	145	134	11	0	4,406	2,711	2,483	2,553	2,335	1,070	1,265	6,070
Owneybeg IrlBarony	27,211	10,732	1,136	999	979	946	864	827	35	2	7,229	6,344	5,946	5,430	4,513	2,278	2,235	13,323
Pubblebrien IrlBarony	30,138	15,414	1,902	1,592	1,358	1,244	1,117	1,012	103	2	10,746	8,767	6,858	6,205	5,243	2,617	2,626	31,781
Shanid IrlBarony	84,075	24,340	3,261	2,940	2,898	2,838	2,668	2,489	137	42	19,816	17,728	17,114	16,545	14,353	7,165	7,188	36,428
Smallcounty IrlBarony	44,425	21,527	2,215	2,060	1,953	1,767	1,673	1,577	91	5	14,189	12,423	10,966	9,923	8,333	4,091	4,242	43,723
Limerick IrlCity	2,075	48,391	6,469	6,131	5,914	5,785	5,826	5,455	364	7	53,448	44,448	39,353	38,562	37,155	17,699	19,456	66,071

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Limerick 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.