Here’s one thing to look forward to this year: the release of the 1926 census

Opening of this material will facilitate much research, and for many the chance to place our own family story in context ...
Irish Central

Pre-Famine census recovered 100 years after shelling of Four Courts

A pre-Famine population census that was destroyed during the shelling of the Four Courts during the Irish Civil War has been substantially recovered and is set to be digitized. The 1766 religious ...
Irish Central

“Death Census”: Understanding Ireland’s Famine at the level of the rural poor

The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of one million people, mainly from the lower classes. In recent decades, its history has become the focus of considerable scholarly and popular attention, but ...
Irish Examiner on MSN

Ireland first counted itself in the 1926 census — the results still echo a century later

A century after the Free State’s first census, its figures still illuminate Ireland’s struggles with identity, population, ...
Irish ExaminerOpinion

Clodagh Finn: Let’s repeat the ‘storytelling census’ of the 1930s

The State should take inspiration from Ruth Medjber's 365-day 'Sin Scéal Eile' project and revive the Irish Folklore ...
The New York Times

On Ireland’s Census, a Blank Box Gives Residents a Chance to Tell Their Stories

The makers of the survey included a space for people to write or draw a message. The contents of these so-called time capsules will be revealed in 100 years. By Ed O’Loughlin DUBLIN — Can the dead ...