Durrow IrlPar through time | Census tables with data for the Irish Civil Parish

Administrative unit

Durrow IrlPar

Irish Civil Parish

Historical statistics
Key findings
Relationships and changes

Available Themes

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Roots & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.

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Total Population 1821 to 1911: Population fell from 2,867 in 1821 to 908 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 811 males aged 20 and over, 366 were Farmers not employing Labourers.
Housing in 1851: 3.27 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
Literacy in 1851: 39.1 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.
Religion in 1911: 89.4 per cent of the population were Roman Catholic.

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

Preferred Name:: DURROW
Unit Type:: Irish Civil Parish
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 13421109
Authorities:: 1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.

Durrow IrlPar, County Offaly

Notes:

The 1851 Index to Townlands (p.923) lists Durrow as being a single parish in four counties, four baronies and three poor law unions. However, this is clearly wrong: based on the Lewis Gazetteer and census parish-level tables, we define instead two parishes, each in two counties and two baronies. Poor law unions are still based on the 1851 Index, based on how the entry lists information in rows.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
OFFALY	Irish County	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
WESTMEATH	Irish County	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
BALLYCOWAN	Barony	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
MOYCASHEL	Barony	1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
TULLAMORE	Poor Law Union	UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 923.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Durrow IrlPar through time | Census tables with data for the Irish Civil Parish, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/13421109

Date accessed: 06th November 2024