# An Account of the Number of People in the Counties of Ardmagh, Lowth, and Meath, and City of Dublin. With an Estimate of the Number of People That Were in the Kingdom of Ireland, the 10th of January 1695/6 Communicated by Capt. South

**Author(s):** Capt. South  
**Year:** 1700  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)  
**Volume:** 22  
**Pages:** 2 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-102747  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/102747>  

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VII. An Account of the Number of people in the Counties of Ardmagh, Lowth, and Meath, and City of Dublin. With an estimate of the number of People that were in the Kingdom of Ireland, the 10th of January 1695, communicated by Capt. South.

| County          | Persons Assessed | Persons Exempted | Total |
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------|
| County of Ardmagh | 25185            | 455              | 25640 |
| County of Lowth  | 16502            | 701              | 17203 |
| County of Meath  | 42181            | 1138             | 43319 |

Total of these three Counties: 86162

City of Dublin: 40508

In the rest of the Kingdom, according to the First Quarters Assessment of the Poll, there are, in proportion to the above three Counties, which were very exactly return'd:

Total 1034102