Ballynahinch Barony : Inhabited Houses by "Class" (Ireland)

Inhabited Houses by "Class" (Ireland)

Data cube chart.

House Class (Ireland) 1841 1851 1861
First Class 31 Show data context 55 Show data context 76 Show data context
Second Class 204 Show data context 301 Show data context 402 Show data context
Third Class 1,338 Show data context 2,150 Show data context 2,696 Show data context
Fourth Class 4,109 Show data context 1,261 Show data context 1,260 Show data context

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Class of House. The early Irish censuses included this simple quality grading of inhabited houses, Class I being the best and class IV being one-room mud huts.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ballynahinch Barony through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Inhabited Houses by "Class" (Ireland), A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12840676/cube/HOUS_CLASS_IRL

Date accessed: 10th April 2026