Table of Comparisons of 1901 Government Census & Fr. Seanie Murphy’s Millennium Survey 2000

For Parish Of Miltown Malbay - Kilfarboy

 

 

 

	Townland	Population			Domiciles/ Households		Average pop per household
		1901	2000	% Change	1901	2000	1901	2000
Miltown-Malbay - The Town   Ballard Rd   Chapel Rd   Ennis Rd   Ennistymon Rd   Flag Rd   Howards Lane   Main St   Mullagh Rd   Ballynew Ballyvaskin Nth Ballyvaskin Sth Breaffa Nth Breaffa Sth Caherogan Carrowduff Carrowkeel Clohanbeg Clohanmore Clonbony Dough Dromin Drumbawn Dunsallagh E Dunsallagh W Fintra Beg Fintra More Freagh Castle Freaghvalleen Glendine Nth Glendine Sth		997   91 171 146 120 133 17 291 28   75 59 68 43 145 60 105 44 27 64 64 45 51 30 81 116 58 61 56 61 19 55	585   - - - - - - - -   29 28 _ 31 126 39 55 35 26 22 50 26 56 4 60 - 15 22 24 19 72 -	-41%                     -62% -78% _ -18% -13% -35% -38% -20% -4% -66% -21% -42% +9% -86% -70% _ -74% -64% -55% -68% -3% _	225   20 41 34 33 30 4 56 7   13 10 14 9 32 12 22 11 6 15 14 10 9 7 14 19 13 13 8 14 3 11	249   - - - - - - - -   9 11 _ 11 46 14 18 12 9 6 18 11 17 1 20 - 7 9 9 10 20 -	4.4   4.5 4.1 4.3 3.6 4.4 4.3 5.2 4.0   5.7 5.9 4.8 4.7 4.1 5.0 4.7 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.5 5.6 4.2 5.8 6.1 4.4 4.7 7.0 4.3 6.3 5.0	2.3   - - - - - - - -   3.2 2.5 _ 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.8 3.6 2.7 2.3 3.3 4.0 3.0 - 2.1 2.4 2.6 1.9 3.6 -

Townland	Population			Households / Domiciles		Average pop per household
	1901	2000	% Change	1901	2000	1901	2000
Illane Kilcorcoran Kildimo Nth Kildimo Sth Killernan Kilfarboy Knockbrack Knockliscrane Leagard Nth Leagard Sth Leeds Poulawillin -          Liscahane Silverhill Slievenalicka Tooreen     MILTOWN MALBAY   MOY   Ailbrack Cloneyogan Nth Cloneyogan Sth Islandbawn Lackamore Moy Beg Moy More Toor   PARISH TOTALS	102 95 58 42 93 54 57 124 10 117 86 73 - 44 31 77     3342   469   46 42 69 56 73 71 53 59     3916	23 47 62 - 22 23 26 174 20 128 26 75 15 1 7 24     1997   159   5 23 31 9 18 31 21 21     2156	-78% -50%       -38% - -77% -58% -55% +40% +100% +9% -70% +23% - -98% -78% -69%     -43%   -66%   -89% -45% -55% -85% -75% -56% -60% -64%     -44%	16 18 11 7 15 10 9 28 3 25 17 17 - 8 4 17     687   88   8 12 15 8 17 11 9 8     797	7 15 24 - 5 7 9 60 8 41 10 24 7 1 4 7     736   62   3 7 12 4 9 14 6 7     798	6.4 5.3 5.2 6.0 6.2 5.4 6.3 4.4 3.3 5.1 5.1 4.3 - 5.5 7.7 4.5     4.9   5.3   5.8 3.5 4.6 7.0 4.3 6.5 5.8 7.4     4.9	3.2 3.1 2.6 - 4.4 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.5 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.1 1.0 1.7 3.4     2.7   2.6   1.6 3.3 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.2 3.5 3.0     2.7

 

 

 

NOTES

 

The Census figures include all persons present on the night of the census (recorded on the night of 31^st March 1901), whether resident or visitor to the household. Visitors in the household were not recorded in their normal place of residence for that night.

 

The Millennium Survey includes people ordinarily living in the parish and not living anywhere else. It does not include people resident in nursing homes, or people working away from home and returning for weekends. It does include students who are studying away from home who have a part-time home at the place of study. It was not taken over one night, but the figures were collated over the year 2000 as Fr. Murphy travelled the parish.

 

In the period between the 1901 Census and the 2000 Survey, the population of the Parish of Miltown Malbay has decreased by 43%. A similar figure for the ‘Town’ is noted, a decrease of 41%. However, the number of households has only increased by 1.0% throughout the parish, whereas there is an 11% increase in the number of households in the ‘Town’. The Moy area has seen a population decrease of 66% as well as a household decrease of 33%.

 

Silverhill has seen a drastic cut in population, from 44 people living between 8 households in 1901, down to 1 household with 1 resident. Similarly Drumbawn has seen it population decrease from 30 people living in 7 households, to 1 household with 4 people. Ailbrack and Islandbawn show significant decreases for their populations and notable declines are seen in Illane, Lackamore and Slievenalicka.

 

The boundaries for the Town of Miltown Malbay for the Millennium Survey are as follows:

 

Ballard Rd                                        - as far as the end of the County Council Housing Estate.

Church St (Chapel Rd)                - as far as Michael O’Reilly’s.

Ennis Rd                                              - as far as PJ Kyne’s.

Ennistymon Road                            - as far as the Station House.

Flag Rd                                                - includes the Spanish Point Road as far as the end of St Joseph’s Terrace.

Main St                                                - from the Square to Canada Cross.

Mullagh Rd                                         - as far as Burke’s warehouse.

 

The exact boundaries for the town of Miltown Malbay for the 1901 Census are not fully known, but would be similar to the Millennium Survey boundaries.

 

The 2000 Survey records the area of Spanish Point, which is the area between Goodlands junction, Belllbridge, Cladagh Bridge and Leagard Bridge, as having a population of 199 living in 74 households.

 

The 1901 Census records the townlands of Carrowduff, Dunsallagh East , Dunsallagh West, Killernan and Knockliscrane as being within the Kilmurry-Ibrickan Parish.

 

The 2000 Survey gives total figures for the townlands of Ballyvaskin North and Ballyvaskin South, Dunsallagh East and Dunsallagh West, Glendine North and Glendine South and Kildimo North and Kildimo South. It also gives a separate figure for Liscahane (within Poulawillin), whereas the 1901 Census does not record this figure separately.

 

The 2000 Survey  records the town of Miltown Malbay as having 585 residents.

The 2002 Census records the town of Miltown Malbay as having 562 residents.

In 1901 the most densely populated townlands were:               

                Slievenalicka      7.7 people per household

                Toor                     7.4

                Islandbawn           7.0

                Freagh Castle    7.0

  

In 1901 the least densely populated townlands were:       

                Leagard Nth       3.3 people per household

                Ennistymon Rd 3.6

                Mullagh Rd         4.0

                Carrowkeel         4.0

 

And in 2000 the most densely populated townlands were:

                Killernan              4.4 people per household

                Drumbawn          4.0

                Clohanmore       3.6

                Glendine              3.6

  

And in 2000 the least densely populated townlands were:

                Silverhill               1.0 people per household

                Ailbrack               1.6

                Slievenalicka      1.7

                Lackamore          2.0

 

The greatest % population declines are noted in

                 Silverhill               -98%

                Ailbrack               -89%

                Drumbawn          -86%

                Islandbawn           -85%

                Illane                      -78%

                Slievenalicka      -78%

                Lackamore          -75%      

 

Most of the townlands that have noted a huge decline in population are the furthest away from the ‘Town’ area, with the exception of Illane.

 Slievenalicka is the highest townland within the parish.

 It is noted that although Drumbawn has seen an 86% decline in its population figures, it is one of the most densely populated townlands in 2000. This is because there has been a corresponding drop in household figures.

  

There are 6 townlands that have noted an increase in their population figures:

                 Dromin                 +9%

                Glendine              +3%

                Knockliscrane    +40%

                Leagard Nth       +100%

                Leagard Sth      +9%

                Poulawillin            +23%

 

Glendine, Leagard Nth, Leagard Sth and Poulawillin’s population increases can be explained by their proximity to the ‘Town’. This might also be partially true for Knockliscrane, which also has a main road running through the townland.

 However, there does not appear to be an obvious reason for the increase noted in Dromin.