A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
1821 Census of Ireland, Abstracts of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act of the United Parliament, passed in the 55th Year of the Reign of His Late Majesty George the Third, Intituled, "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, and for ascertaining the Increase or "Diminution thereof.": Preliminary Observations. Enumeration Abstract. Appendix., Table [1] : " Summary of the Number of Houses and Inhabitants in the several Counties of Ireland, according to the Census of 1821; and of the Proportions of Houses and Inhabitants to the Acre and Square Mile in each County".
COUNTIES. | Contents in Irish Plantation Acres. (a) | Contents in Square Miles. | Number of Houses in 1813. (b) | Number of Houses in 1821. | Increase of Houses between the Years 1813 & 1821. | Average Number of Acres to each House. | Average Number of inhabited Houses to a Square Mile. | Number of INHABITANTS in 1813 (b) | Number of INHABITANTS in 1821. | Increase of INHABITANTS between the Years 1813 & 1821. | Average Number of Acres to an Inhabitant. | Average Number of Inhabitants to a Square Mile. | |
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I. LEINSTER: | |||||||||||||
I. | — Carlow | 137,050 | 214 | 12,090 | 13,028 | 938 | 10 ½ | 61 | 69,566 | 78,952 | 9,386 | 1 ¾ or 1.75 | 369 |
II. | — Drogheda Town (c) | – | – | 3,086 | 3,164 | 78 | – | – | 16,123 | 18,118 | 1,995 | – | – |
III. | — Dublin County | 142,050 | 221 | 16,633 | 20,791 | – | 4 | 161 3/11 | 110,437 | 150,011 | – | 2 ⅓ or 2.33 | 1,520 |
IV. | — Dublin City (c) | – | – | 15,104 | 14,949 | – | – | – | 176,610 | 185,881 | 9,271 | – | – |
V. | — Kildare | 236,750 | 369 | 14,564 | 16,478 | 1,914 | 14 ⅜ | 44 ⅔ | 85,133 | 99,065 | 13,932 | 2 ⅖ or 2.40 | 268 |
VI. | — Kilkenny County | 300,350 | 469 | 23,414 | 25,949 | 2,535 | 10 | 63 ½ | 134,664 | 158,716 | 24,052 | 1 ⅔ or 1.66 | 388 |
VII. | — Kilkenny City (c) | – | – | no return | 3,840 | – | – | – | no return | 23,230 | – | – | – |
VIII. | — King's County | 282,200 | 440 | 19,705 | 22,564 | 2,859 | 12 ½ | 51 3/11 | 113,226 | 131,088 | 17,862 | 2 ⅙ or 2.16 | 298 |
IX. | — Longford | 134,150 | 209 | 16,348 | 18,987 | 2,639 | 7 | 90 3/10 | 95,917 | 107,570 | 11,653 | 1 ⅕ or 1.20 | 514 |
X. | — Louth | 110,750 | 173 | no return | 18,138 | – | 5 ⅕ | 123 | no return | 101,011 | – | 1 1/14 or 1.07 | 688 |
XI. | — Meath | 327,900 | 512 | 25,921 | 27,942 | 2,021 | 11 5/7 | 54 ⅗ | 142,479 | 159,183 | 16,704 | 2 or 2.00 | 311 |
XII. | — Queen's County | 235,300 | 367 | 19,932 | 23,105 | 3,173 | 10 ⅙ | 63 | 113,857 | 134,275 | 20,418 | 1 5/7 or 1.71 | 366 |
XIII. | — Westmeath | 231,550 | 361 | no return | 23,015 | – | 10 | 63 ¾ | no return | 128,819 | – | 1 ⅚ or 1.83 | 357 |
XIV. | — Wexford | 342,900 | 535 | no return | 29,159 | – | 11 ⅔ | 54 ⅔ | no return | 170,806 | – | 2 or 2.00 | 319 |
XV. | — Wicklow | 311,600 | 486 | 13,445 | 17,289 | 3,844 | 18 | 35 7/12 | 83,109 | 110,767 | 27,658 | 2 9/11 or 2.81 | 228 |
2,792,550 | 4,356 | – | 278,398 | – | 10 | 64 | – | 1,757,492 | – | 1 8/9 or 1.88 | 403 | ||
II. MUNSTER: | |||||||||||||
I. | — Clare | 476,200 | 744 | 29,301 | 35,373 | 6,072 | 13 ½ | 47 4/7 | 160,603 | 208,089 | 47,486 | 2 3/10or 2.30 | 280 |
II. | — Cork County | 1,048,800 | 1,638 | 91,447 | 103,279 | 11,832 | 9 ⅙ | 70 | 523,936 | 629,786 | 105,850 | 1 3/7 or 1.42 | 446 |
III. | — Cork City (c) | – | – | 7,652 | 11,180 | – | – | – | 64,394 | 100,658 | – | – | – |
IV. | — Kerry | 647,650 | 1,012 | 31,749 | 35,597 | 3,848 | 18 ⅕ | 35 | 178,622 | 216,185 | 37,563 | 3 or 3.00 | 213 |
V. | — Limerick County | 386,750 | 604 | 17,897 | 35,201 | – | 9 ⅓ | 70 ⅓ | 103,865 | 218,432 | – | 1 ⅓ or 1.33 | 459 |
VI. | — Limerick City (c) | – | – | no return | 7,208 | – | – | – | no return | 59,045 | – | – | – |
VII. | — Tipperary | 554,950 | 867 | 50,224 | 55,297 | 5,073 | 10 | 63 ¾ | 290,531 | 346,896 | 56,365 | 1 5/9 or 1.55 | 400 |
VIII. | — Waterford County | 262,800 | 410 | 19,342 | 20,189 | 847 | 11 | 58 | 119,457 | 127,842 | 8,385 | 1 ⅔ or 1.66 | 381 |
IX. | — Waterford City (c) | – | – | 3,581 | 3,671 | 90 | – | – | 25,467 | 28,679 | 3,212 | – | – |
3,377,150 | 5,275 | – | 306,995 | – | 11 | 58 ⅕ | – | 1,935,612 | – | 1 7/10 or 1.70 | 367 | ||
III. ULSTER: | |||||||||||||
I. | — Antrim | 387,200 | 605 | 42,258 | 46,661 | 4,403 | 7 ⅓ | 78 ⅔ | 231,548 | 262,860 | 31,312 | 1 5/13 or 1.38 | 447 |
II. | — Armagh | 181,450 | 283 | 21,944 | 36,260 | – | 5 | 128 | 121,449 | 197,427 | – | 9/10 or 0.90 | 697 |
III. | — Carrickfergus Town (c) | – | – | 1,166 | 1,367 | 201 | – | – | 6,136 | 8,023 | 1,887 | – | – |
IV. | — Cavan | 301,000 | 470 | no return | 34,148 | – | 8 ⅘ | 72 ¾ | no return | 195,076 | – | 1 ½ or 1.50 | 415 |
V. | — Donegal | 679,550 | 1,061 | no return | 44,800 | – | 15 ⅙ | 32 7/10 | no return | 248,270 | – | 2 ¾ or 2.75 | 234 |
VI. | — Down | 348,550 | 544 | 53,310 | 59,747 | 6,437 | 5 ⅘ | 109 ⅘ | 287,290 | 325,410 | 38,120 | 1 1/16 or 1.06 | 598 |
VII . | — Fermanagh | 283,450 | 448 | 19,291 | 22,585 | 3,294 | 12 ½ | 50 ¼ | 111,250 | 130,997 | 19,747 | 1 2/13 or 1.15 | 292 |
VIII. | — Londonderry | 318,500 | 479 | 31,287 | 34,691 | 3,404 | 9 ⅙ | 72 ½ | 186,181 | 193,869 | 7,688 | 1 ⅗ or 1.60 | 405 |
IX. | — Monaghan | 179,600 | 280 | 27,066 | 32,378 | 5,312 | 5 ½ | 115 ½ | 140,433 | 174,697 | 34,264 | 1 or 1.00 | 624 |
X. | — Tyrone | 463,700 | 724 | 46,213 | 47,164 | 951 | 1O | 63 2/7 | 250,746 | 261,865 | 11,119 | 1 10/14 or 1.77 | 362 |
3,143,000 | 4,894 | – | 359,801 | – | 8 ¾ | 73 ½ | – | 1,998,494 | – | 1 ⅗ or 1.60 | 408 | ||
IV. CONNAUGHT: | |||||||||||||
I. | — Galway County | 989,950 | 1,546 | 21,122 | 54,180 | – | 17 | 37 ⅔ | 140,995 | 309,599 | – | 3 or 3.00 | 218 |
II. | — Galway Town | – | – | 3,353 | 3,957 | 604 | – | – | 24,684 | 27,775 | 3,091 | – | – |
III. | — Leitrim (c) | 255,950 | 400 | 17,899 | 21,762 | 3,863 | 11 ⅓ | 54 ¼ | 94,095 | 124,785 | 30,690 | 2 or 2.00 | 312 |
IV. | — Mayo | 790,600 | 1,235 | 43,702 | 53,051 | 9,349 | 14 ⅘ | 43 | 237,371 | 293,112 | 55,741 | 2 ⅔ or 2.66 | 237 |
V. | — Roscommon | 346,650 | 541 | 30,254 | 37,399 | 7,145 | 9 ¼ | 69 | 158,110 | 208,729 | 50,619 | 1 ⅗ or 1.60 | 385 |
VI. | — Sligo | 247,150 | 386 | no return | 27,059 | – | 9 ⅓ | 70 | no return | 146,229 | – | 1 ⅔ or 1.66 | 37s |
2,630,300 | 4,108 | – | 197,408 | – | 13 3/10 | 48 | – | 1,110,229 | – | 1 4/11 or 1.36 | 270 | ||
I. — LEINSTER | 2,792,550 | 4,356 | – | 278,398 | – | 10 | 64 | – | 1,757,492 | – | 1 8/9 or 1.88 | 403 | |
II.— MUNSTER | 3,377,150 | 5,275 | – | 306,995 | – | 11 | 58 ½ | – | 1,935,612 | – | 1 7/10 or 1.70 | 367 | |
III.— ULSTER | 3,143,000 | 4,894 | – | 359,801 | – | 8 ¾ | 73 ½ | – | 1,998,494 | – | 1 ⅗ or 1.60 | 408 | |
IV.— CONNAUGHT | 2,630,300 | 4,108 | – | 197,408 | – | 13 3/10 | 48 | – | 1,110,229 | – | 1 4/11 or 1.36 | 270 | |
11,943,000 | 18,633 | – | 1,142,291 | – | 10 ½ | 61 | – | 6,801,827 | – | 1 ¾ or 1.75 | 365 |
(a) THE Contents of each County in Acres and Square Miles have been taken from Beaufort's Memoir of a Map of Ireland, as being (though not perfectly accurate) the latest and best account that pervades the whole Island.
(b) The letter d attached to the figures of a County in this column, denotes a deficiency of some of the returns of that County; no estimate, therefore, could be given of the increase or diminution of Houses and Inhabitants in these cases.
(c) The contents, and relative proportions of Houses, &c. of Drogheda Town are included in Louth County; those of Carrickfergus Town in Antrim County; and those of the other Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in the Counties at large of the same name with themselves.
[The areas in acres for certain counties are] exclusive of Lough Neagh, the contents of which could not be included in the above Table, as not being entirely within the limits of any one County; it is computed by Beaufort to contain 58,200 acres, which, being added to the preceding total, will make the superficies of Ireland to contain 12,001,200 Irish acres.