Inishbofin Parish

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

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

Learning & Language

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

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

According to the 1891 census County Report, "The parish of Inishboffin was transferred between 1871 and 1881 from the barony of Murrisk, County of Mayo, to the barony of Ballynahinch, County pf Galway".

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MAYO Irish County     UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 927.
BALLYNAHINCH Barony     1891 Census of Ireland, Table 7, 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891'.
CLIFDEN Poor Law Union     UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 927.
MURRISK Barony     UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 927.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Inishbofin Parish through time, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12861096

Date accessed: 08th April 2026