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• Total Population 1821 to 1911: Population fell from 7,953 in 1821 to 2,735 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,970 males aged 20 and over, 810 were Farmers not employing Labourers.
• Housing in 1851: 3.08 per cent of houses were classed as "Mud cabins having only one room" (the all-Ireland percentage was 13.).
• Literacy in 1851: 23.3 per cent of persons aged 5 and above could both read and write.
• Religion in 1911: 83.4 per cent of the population were Roman Catholic.

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CLONALLAN	Preferred	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 915.
CLONALLEN	Alternate	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 379.
CLONALLON	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.

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
DOWN	Irish County			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 915.
IVEAGH UPPER	Barony			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
IVEAGH UPPER UPPER HALF	Barony			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 915.
NEWRY	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. 915.

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
WARRENSPOINT	Irish Town			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.