Kilmacrenan Barony : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 59,621 Show data context
1831 59,621 Show data context 71,598 Show data context
1841 71,598 Show data context 72,918 Show data context
1851 72,918 Show data context 62,046 Show data context
1861 72,918 Show data context 61,971 Show data context 57,478 Show data context
1871 57,478 Show data context 53,186 Show data context
1881 50,707 Show data context 50,707 Show data context
1891 50,707 Show data context 46,621 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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nCube definition


Age and sex structure data in five-year bands, with figures for the individual years of age 12 to 20, as used by the 1901 census reports.


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12843999/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026