1861 Irish Religious Census
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Total Population |
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Church of Ireland (Anglican) |
% |
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Roman Catholic |
% |
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Presbyterian |
% |
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Other |
% |
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LEINSTER |
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Carlow |
57,137 |
|
6,229 |
10.9% |
|
50,539 |
88.5% |
|
106 |
0.2% |
|
263 |
0.5% |
Drogheda City |
14,740 |
|
1,031 |
7.0% |
|
13,342 |
90.5% |
|
207 |
1.4% |
|
160 |
1.1% |
Dublin City |
254,808 |
|
49,251 |
19.3% |
|
196,549 |
77.1% |
|
4,875 |
1.9% |
|
4,133 |
1.6% |
Dublin Suburbs |
50,485 |
|
17,668 |
35.0% |
|
29,639 |
58.7% |
|
1,724 |
3.4% |
|
1,454 |
2.9% |
Dublin |
104,859 |
|
18,914 |
18.0% |
|
83,556 |
79.7% |
|
936 |
0.9% |
|
1,453 |
1.4% |
Kildare |
90,946 |
|
10,439 |
11.5% |
|
79,121 |
87.0% |
|
876 |
1.0% |
|
510 |
0.6% |
Kilkenny City |
14,174 |
|
1,242 |
8.8% |
|
12,769 |
90.1% |
|
97 |
0.7% |
|
66 |
0.5% |
Kilkenny |
110,341 |
|
4,750 |
4.3% |
|
105,356 |
95.5% |
|
127 |
0.1% |
|
108 |
0.1% |
Kings (Offaly) |
90,043 |
|
9,109 |
10.1% |
|
79,955 |
88.8% |
|
327 |
0.4% |
|
652 |
0.7% |
Longford |
70,974 |
|
6,196 |
8.7% |
|
64,081 |
90.3% |
|
560 |
0.8% |
|
137 |
0.2% |
Louth |
75,975 |
|
5,203 |
6.8% |
|
69,678 |
91.7% |
|
937 |
1.2% |
|
157 |
0.2% |
Meath |
110,373 |
|
6,492 |
5.9% |
|
103,327 |
93.6% |
|
428 |
0.4% |
|
126 |
0.1% |
Queens (Laois) |
90,650 |
|
9,683 |
10.7% |
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80,025 |
88.3% |
|
240 |
0.3% |
|
702 |
0.8% |
Westmeath |
90,979 |
|
6,336 |
7.0% |
|
83,749 |
92.1% |
|
343 |
0.4% |
|
551 |
0.6% |
Wexford |
143,954 |
|
12,759 |
8.9% |
|
130,103 |
90.4% |
|
287 |
0.2% |
|
805 |
0.6% |
Wicklow |
86,479 |
|
15,285 |
17.7% |
|
70,044 |
81.0% |
|
285 |
0.3% |
|
865 |
1.0% |
Total Leinster |
1,456,917 |
|
180,587 |
12.4% |
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1,251,833 |
85.9% |
|
12,355 |
0.8% |
|
12,142 |
0.8% |
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MUNSTER |
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Clare |
166,305 |
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3,323 |
2.0% |
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162,612 |
97.8% |
|
228 |
0.1% |
|
142 |
0.1% |
Cork City |
80,121 |
|
10,632 |
13.3% |
|
67,148 |
83.8% |
|
881 |
1.1% |
|
1,460 |
1.8% |
Cork East |
286,396 |
|
18,279 |
6.4% |
|
264,754 |
92.4% |
|
899 |
0.3% |
|
2,464 |
0.9% |
Cork West |
178,301 |
|
14,543 |
8.2% |
|
162,140 |
90.9% |
|
219 |
0.1% |
|
1,399 |
0.8% |
Kerry |
201,800 |
|
6,200 |
3.1% |
|
195,159 |
96.7% |
|
243 |
0.1% |
|
198 |
0.1% |
Limerick City |
44,476 |
|
4,238 |
9.5% |
|
39,124 |
88.0% |
|
418 |
0.9% |
|
696 |
1.6% |
Limerick |
172,799 |
|
5,648 |
3.3% |
|
166,604 |
96.4% |
|
148 |
0.1% |
|
399 |
0.2% |
Tipperary North |
109,220 |
|
7,359 |
6.7% |
|
101,171 |
92.6% |
|
194 |
0.2% |
|
496 |
0.5% |
Tipperary South |
139,886 |
|
5,441 |
3.9% |
|
133,710 |
95.6% |
|
304 |
0.2% |
|
431 |
0.3% |
Waterford |
23,291 |
|
1,989 |
8.5% |
|
20,429 |
87.7% |
|
234 |
1.0% |
|
639 |
2.7% |
Waterford |
110,959 |
|
3,208 |
2.9% |
|
107,225 |
96.6% |
|
245 |
0.2% |
|
281 |
0.3% |
Total Munster |
1,513,554 |
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80,860 |
5.3% |
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1,420,076 |
93.8% |
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4,013 |
0.3% |
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8,605 |
0.6% |
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ULSTER |
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Antrim |
247,564 |
|
45,275 |
18.3% |
|
61,369 |
24.8% |
|
131,687 |
53.2% |
|
9,233 |
3.7% |
Armagh |
190,086 |
|
58,735 |
30.9% |
|
92,760 |
48.8% |
|
30,746 |
16.2% |
|
7,845 |
4.1% |
Belfast |
120,870 |
|
29,832 |
24.7% |
|
41,327 |
34.2% |
|
42,229 |
34.9% |
|
7,482 |
6.2% |
Carrickfergus town |
9,422 |
|
1,821 |
19.3% |
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1,046 |
11.1% |
|
5,582 |
59.2% |
|
973 |
10.3% |
Cavan |
153,906 |
|
23,017 |
15.0% |
|
123,942 |
80.5% |
|
5,352 |
3.5% |
|
1,595 |
1.0% |
Donegal |
237,395 |
|
29,943 |
12.6% |
|
178,182 |
75.1% |
|
26,215 |
11.0% |
|
3,055 |
1.3% |
Down |
300,127 |
|
60,905 |
20.3% |
|
97,409 |
32.5% |
|
133,796 |
44.6% |
|
8,017 |
2.7% |
Fermanagh |
105,768 |
|
40,608 |
38.4% |
|
59,751 |
56.5% |
|
1,909 |
1.8% |
|
3,500 |
3.3% |
Londonderry |
184,209 |
|
31,218 |
16.9% |
|
83,402 |
45.3% |
|
64,602 |
35.1% |
|
4,987 |
2.7% |
Monaghan |
126,482 |
|
17,721 |
14.0% |
|
92,799 |
73.4% |
|
15,149 |
12.0% |
|
813 |
0.6% |
Tyrone |
238,500 |
|
52,240 |
21.9% |
|
134,716 |
56.5% |
|
46,568 |
19.5% |
|
4,976 |
2.1% |
Ulster Total |
1,914,329 |
|
391,315 |
20.4% |
|
966,703 |
50.5% |
|
503,835 |
26.3% |
|
52,476 |
2.7% |
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CONNACHT |
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Galway City |
16,967 |
|
837 |
4.9% |
|
15,621 |
92.1% |
|
189 |
1.1% |
|
320 |
1.9% |
Co. Galway |
254,511 |
|
7,365 |
2.9% |
|
246,330 |
96.8% |
|
392 |
0.2% |
|
424 |
0.2% |
Leitrim |
104,744 |
|
9,488 |
9.1% |
|
94,006 |
89.7% |
|
338 |
0.3% |
|
912 |
0.9% |
Mayo |
254,796 |
|
6,739 |
2.6% |
|
246,583 |
96.8% |
|
961 |
0.4% |
|
513 |
0.2% |
Roscommon |
157,272 |
|
5,728 |
3.6% |
|
151,047 |
96.0% |
|
277 |
0.2% |
|
220 |
0.1% |
Sligo |
124,845 |
|
10,438 |
8.4% |
|
112,436 |
90.1% |
|
931 |
0.7% |
|
1,040 |
0.8% |
Connacht Total |
913,135 |
|
40,595 |
4.4% |
|
866,023 |
94.8% |
|
3,088 |
0.3% |
|
3,429 |
0.4% |
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IRELAND TOTAL |
5,797,935 |
|
693,357 |
12.0% |
|
4,504,635 |
77.7% |
|
523,291 |
9.0% |
|
76,652 |
1.3% |