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• Total Population 1821 to 1891: Population fell from 33,652 in 1821 to 19,107 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 9,747 males aged 20 and over, 5,059 were Farmers not employing Labourers.
• Housing in 1851: 31.76 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
• Literacy in 1851: 21.9 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CARBERY WEST WEST DIVISION	Preferred	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1871. Alphabetical index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1877), p. 751.
CARBERY WEST W D	Alternate	English			1891 Census of Ireland, Table 3, 'Area, houses, and population in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891, of each barony, also the general valuation in 1891'.
CARBERY WEST WD	Alternate	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 959.
WEST CARBERY WD	Alternate	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 913.
WEST CARBERY WEST	Alternate	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1871. Alphabetical index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1877), p. 751.
WEST CARBERY WEST DIVISION	Alternate	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 550.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CORK	Irish County			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1871. Alphabetical index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1877), p. 751.
CORK WEST RIDING	Irish County			1851 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Baronies, Parishes and Townlands'.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CAHERAGH	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 913.
CLEAR ISLAND	Irish Civil Parish			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
DURRUS	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 923.
DURUSS IN UNION WITH KILCOMOGUE	Irish Civil Parish			1821 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'.
DURUSS IN UNION WITH KILCROHANE	Irish Civil Parish			1821 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'.
EAST SKULL	Irish Civil Parish			1821 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'.
KILCOE	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 930.
KILCROHANE	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 931.
KILMOCOMOGE	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 937.
KILMOE	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 937.
SKULL	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 952.
WEST SKULL	Irish Civil Parish			1821 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'.
BALLYDEHOB	Irish Town			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 73.
CROOKHAVEN	Irish Town			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 333.
SKULL	Irish Town			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 829.