Limerick's Life

STATISTICS

Population Changes 1821-1911

Population changes of the entire Limerick County:

Year	Males	Female	Total	Percentage change
1821	136,916	140,561	277,477	---------
1831	153,625	161,730	315,355	+ 13.65
1841	161,997	168,032	330,029	+ 4.65
1851	127,387	134,745	262,132	- 20.57
1861	105,712	111,565	217,277	- 17.11
1871	93,112	98,824	191,936	- 11.66
1881	88,311	92,321	180,632	- 5.89
1891	78,607	80,305	158,912	- 12.02
1901	72,456	73,642	146,098	- 8.06
1911	72,229	70,840	143,069	- 2.07

Limerick Population 1926-2006

Population of entire county, including city.

Year	Pop.	Year	Pop	Year	Pop
1926	140,343	1966	137,347	1991	161,956
1936	141,153	1971	140,459	1996	165,042
1946	142,559	1979	157,407	2002	175,304
1951	141,239	1981	161,661	2006	183,863
1961	133,339	1986	164,569

Native language distribution

Irish Speakers Limerick city and county 1851 + 1891:

	Limerick City		Limerick County
Year	Number of speakers	% of local population	Number of speakers	% of local population
1851	76,982	37.4%	4,204	7.9%
1891	15,927	13.1%	1,135	3.1%

Arch confraternity facts and figures

The Limerick confraternity was founded by the Redemptorist Fathers soon after their development in Mount St. Alphonsus, in 1867. On New Years Day, 1868 for men and boys and when the mission ended 8,000 men had received communion and 14,000 boys were confirmed.
In October 1936 the Arch confraternity out of the Redemptorist had the following members:
2,598 in the St. Johns Division,
2,246 in the St. Michaels Division,
2,242 in the St. Clements Division,
1,802 in the Boys Division.
Making a total off 8,888.
More information on the confraternity can be found here and more specifically to Limerick here

History & folklore of Limerick city, Ireland

STATISTICS

Population Changes 1821-1911

Limerick Population 1926-2006

Native language distribution

Arch confraternity facts and figures