CENSUS OF IRELAND.
The returns of the Irish census for 1861 are given in the Dublin papers. It appears that the population of Ireland on the Bth of April last, the day on which the census was taken, was 5,764,543, which shows an absolute decrease of population compared with the census of 1851, of 787,842, or about 12 per cent; compared with 1841, the decrease is 2,410,581, or 36 per cent. In the religious tables, which are now published for the first time, it appears that on the B>h of April the Catholic population was about 4,500,000, while other persuasions are estimated at 1,273,960. Of this number more than half were of the Established church, and about half a million Dissenters of other denominations.
The following are the returns from the principal cities and towns showing the increase or decrease, as compared with the returns in the last census of 1851:—
Dublin (municipal), 249,733; decrease 8636.
Dublin (suburbs), 46,231; ditto (county), 106,058; increase, 5511. Belfast, 119,242; increase, 18,941. Cork, 78,892; decrease, 6840. Waterford, 23,220; decrease, 2077. Limerick, 44,626; decrease, 8822. Kilkenny, 14,081; decrease, 5894. Galway, 16,786; decrease, 7001.
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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 418, 25 October 1861, Page 3
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188CENSUS OF IRELAND. Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 418, 25 October 1861, Page 3
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