Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 309,599 Show data context
1831 309,599 Show data context 381,564 Show data context
1841 381,564 Show data context 422,923 Show data context
1851 422,923 Show data context 297,897 Show data context
1861 422,923 Show data context 298,564 Show data context 254,511 Show data context
1871 247,553 Show data context 229,877 Show data context
1881 222,834 Show data context 222,834 Show data context
1891 222,834 Show data context 197,753 Show data context
1911 182,224 Show data context
Date: Source:
1821 - 1831 1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831 - 1841 1831 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'
1841 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
1851 1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1871 - 1891 1891 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 7 , 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891'
1911 1911 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county'

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Date accessed: 28th April 2024