Fermanagh Population Figures
Contributed by Vynette Sage
All of the following are from "The Fermanagh Story" by Peadar Livingstone, 1969
BARONY 1841 1851 Clanawley 20,426 14,706 Clankelly 15,424 10,998 Coole 10,265 5,665 Knockkninny 10,995 8,741 Lurg 27,588 20,386 Magherasteffany 22,562 17,373 Tirkennedy 23,447 20,378 Total for County 156,481 116,047
Between 1841 and 1851 Fermanagh lost 40,034 (25%) of her people
The part of Drummully Parish in Fermanagh lost 45%
Currin lost 57%
Trory lost 45%
Galloon lost 36%
Rossorry lost 34%
1961:
County Fermanagh 51, 531
Enniskillen Boro 7, 406
Enniskillen Rural 15, 553
Lisnaskea Rural 17, 115
Irvinestown Rural 11, 457
Enniskillen......1841.....866 houses
Enniskillen......1850.....nearly 6,000
Ballinamallard....1619.....11 houses
Ballinamallard....1622.....20 houses
Ballinamallard....1841.....74 houses (376 inhabitants)
Ballinamallard....1961......................352 inhabitants
Belcoo................1878......6 houses
Belcoo................1961....................175 inhabitants
Belleek................1841...................251 inhabitants
Belleek................1961...................162 inhabitants
Brookeborough....1961..................294 inhabitants
Calkill, Killesher.....1841...............149 inhabitants
Calkill, Killesher.....1851................60 inhabitants
Church Hill..........1841...................139 inhabitants
Church Hill..........1961...............under 50 inhabitants
Cleenagh, Drummully..1841....158 inhabitants
Cleenagh, Drummully..1851....64 inhabitants
Derrygonnelly......1841....57 houses (265 inhabitants)
Derrygonnelly......1961................296 inhabitants
Drumgoland, Galloon....1841.....106 inhabitants
Drumgoland, Galloon....1851......50 inhabitnats
Ederney................1961.................227 inhabitants
Garrison...............1841...................70 inhabitants
Irvinestown...........1619.......14 houses, a market house and a water mill
Irvinestown...........1622.........10 British families, several families of English names
Irvinestown...........1961..........934 inhabitants
Also called: Lowtherstown
Kesh.....................1618..................6 British families
Lisbellaw.............1834........53 inhabited houses, 4 unihabited, several ruins
Lisbellaw.............1961...............471 inhabitants
Lisnarick..............1841..............204 inhabitants
Lisnaskea............1622........about 40 houses, a free schoolhouse
Lisnaskea.............1835......92 houses
Lisnaskea.............1841.......72 houses
Lisnaskea............1961.................977 inhabitants
Magheraveely.....1622........8 houses
Magheraveely.....1841...................74 inhabitants
Maguiresbridge....1841.........155 houses (685 inhabitants)
Maguiresbridge....1961.................339 inhabitants
Mullaghdun..........1841..............30 inhabitants
Mullaghdun..........1851..............14 inhabitants
Newtownbutler....1622................10 British families
Roslea..................1841....................414 inhabitants
Roslea..................1847.........79 houses
Roslea..................1961...................203 inhabitants
Tempo.................1834.................170 Protestants, 163 Roman Catholics
Tempo.................1841.................422 inhabitants
Tempo.................1961.................269 inhabitants
Also Called: Milltown
Trory....................1841...............241 inhabitants
Trory....................1851...............131 inhabitants
Tullyhomman.......1961........76 inhabitants in the Fermanagh section
Enniskillen Workhouse.....Dec.1846......879 patients
Enniskillen Workhouse.....Jan.1847.......1037 patients
Enniskillen Workhouse.....Feb.1847......1115 patients
Enniskillen Workhouse.....Mar.1847.....1129 patients
Enniskillen Workhouse....Apr.1847.......1250 patients
Enniskillen Workhouse....May.1847......1433 patients
