Dunkellin Barony : Total Population

Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 21,583 Show data context
1831 21,583 Show data context 26,046 Show data context
1841 26,046 Show data context 28,207 Show data context
1851 28,207 Show data context 17,475 Show data context
1861 28,207 Show data context 17,474 Show data context 15,056 Show data context
1871 15,056 Show data context 13,069 Show data context
1881 11,958 Show data context 11,958 Show data context
1891 11,958 Show data context 10,293 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 1841 Census of Ireland, Report, Table 1 , 'General table'
1851 1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1851 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
1861 1861 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'Showing by baronies, parishes, and towns, the area, population, number of houses and families, occupations, religious profusions, and education'
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'

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These data are summarised from the report of the 1851 Census of Religion, and list the number of 'attendances' at each church on the census Sunday. If a person went to more than one service, each of these visits was counted separately.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dunkellin Barony through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12843422/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026