Creggan Parish : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 12,476 Show data context
1831 12,476 Show data context 14,261 Show data context
1841 14,261 Show data context 15,502 Show data context
1851 15,502 Show data context 12,774 Show data context
1861 15,502 Show data context 12,774 Show data context 11,416 Show data context
1871 11,416 Show data context 10,872 Show data context
1881 9,990 Show data context 9,990 Show data context
1891 9,990 Show data context 8,700 Show data context
1901 7,577 Show data context
1911 6,872 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 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
1851 1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
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'
1901 1901 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county of [--]'
1911 1911 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county'

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Total number of houses.


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

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026