Leinster Province through time

Leinster Province

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
CARLOW	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
COUNTY OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN	Irish County		1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
COUNTY OF THE CITY OF KILKENNY	Irish County		1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF DROGHEDA	Irish County		1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
DUBLIN	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
KILDARE	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
KILKENNY	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
LAOIGHIS	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
LONGFORD	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
LOUTH	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
MEATH	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
OFFALY	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
WESTMEATH	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
WEXFORD	Irish County	1922	Census of Population
WICKLOW	Irish County	1922	Census of Population

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
IRELAND Dep	Country		1922	Census of Population

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leinster Province through time, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/10069178

Date accessed: 08th April 2026