Summary information

Study title

Irish Poor Law Union and Barony Boundaries, 1841-1871

Creator

Gregory, I., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography

Ell, P., Queen's University of Belfast, Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Study number / PID

4999 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-4999-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The project from which this dataset is derived aimed to explore methods of analysing historical census data over time and space using the demographic impacts of the Irish famine of the late 1840s as a case study. It covered the period from 1841 – 1871 using a variety of demographic data from the Database of Irish Historic Statistics. The GIS data that comprises this study represent the administrative boundaries that the demographic data refer to.

Main Topics:

The boundaries that comprise this dataset were the main boundaries used to publish census data between 1841 and 1871. The barony boundaries were used for the population censuses, the Poor Law Union boundaries were used for the agricultural censuses, the Poor Law and a variety of other purposes.

HistoryDemography (population, vital statistics and censuses)Social conditions and indicatorsSocial welfare policy and systems

POOR LAW ACTSPOOR PERSONSPOVERTYFAMINEFOOD SHORTAGESMAPSDIGITIZED MAP DATACENSUS DATADEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICSDEMOGRAPHYPOPULATIONPOPULATION MIGRATION

Data collection period

01/03/2003 - 31/05/2003

Country

Ireland

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Administrative units (geographical/political)

National

Subnational

Universe

Barony and Poor Law Union boundaries extant in Ireland, 1841- 1871.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Text

Numeric

GIS spatial data

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Grant number

H333250016

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2004

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.