County of the City of Dublin County through time | Historical Statistics on Birthplace & Religion

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Religion by Sex'

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Major Christian Denominations (1911)	1861	1901	1911
Roman Catholic	196,549	237,645	253,370
Episcopalians	49,251	41,663	39,357
Presbyterians	4,875	4,074	4,217
Methodists	1,897	2,342	2,322
Other	2,236	4,914	5,536

Date	Source
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'
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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The Irish census of 1911 classified the entire population, infants included, by religion and tabulated it at parish level.

County of the City of Dublin County : Religion by Sex'

Religion by Sex'