Irish Census 1901

[Tyrim]

The Irish government has added the 1901 Census to its online offering. Also available is the 1911 Census. It is free and there's no need to join. Just look up as you wish.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

[27thBN]

Excellent thanks for the heads up. MC

[mhifle]

Thats great news. Thanks for the update.

Regards Mark

[Karl Murphy]

Thats great news. Thanks for the update.

Regards Mark

Its great to ahve this and the 1911 one too.

Found out something today I hadn't realised and that is my grandfathers name - William Murphy

- was quite a common one in Co Wexford in 1901 and not a rarity as I (for some reason or other) imagined!

[IPT]

Cheers, Tyrim. Thanks for that, a few hours of fun ahead.

My problem is that my Irish ancestors seem to have multiplied more often and faster than the English ones (so the grandfathers on the English side fought in WW1, whereas on the Irish side they weren't born yet) .

I'll have to wait until 1921 Irish census comes out to catch up a generation.

[eveanne]

Thank you Tyrim

Can't manage to get into the site right now for some reason, but I hope to have a look tomorrow!

[Tyrim]

I've been plowing through there for several hours with remarkable response time. It's just in the last hour or so that it's slowed down. It's evening time in the US so that's probably driving the increased traffic.

Enjoy!!!

[swizz]

Excellent - I knew this was coming but I didn't think it would be so soon! Thanks for telling us about it.

Swizz

[kildaremark]

I'll have to wait until 1921 Irish census comes out to catch up a generation.

Sadly there was no census in Ireland in 1921. Next one will be 1926.

Next up on line will be the Tithe Applotment books from the 1820s.

But the 1901 and 1911 census on line is a great job by the Irish National Archives.

Mark

[Tyrim]

You're right there, Mark! And the fact that they make them available at no cost is a credit to them!!! (No pun intended.)

It's a pity that all public records aren't available like this. After all, wasn't it the public that paid for them to begin with and continues to pay to have them maintained? A little extra expense, one time, doesn't seem like a lot to ask to make them readily available to everyone.

[momsirish]

The Irish government has added the 1901 Census to its online offering. Also available is the 1911 Census. It is free and there's no need to join. Just look up as you wish.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

That's great news Tyrim, I expected to wait a few more monthe. This will solve some of my family questions, unless I have to go back to the 1891 Census. Wow! that would be something to read.

regards

mosirish

[corisande]

Lest anyone get their hopes up. From Irish Times

Full government censuses were taken of the whole island in 1821, 1831, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 1901, and 1911. The first four, for 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851, were largely destroyed in 1922, in the fire at the Public Record Office; surviving fragments are detailed under the county source-lists. Those for 1861 1871 1881 and 1891 were completely destroyed earlier, by order of the government.

This means that the earliest surviving comprehensive returns are for 1901 and 1911. Because of this, the normal rule that census returns should not be available to the public for 100 years has been suspended in the Republic of Ireland, and the original returns can be consulted in the National Archives.

Basically somebody binned them.

[Arnhem44]

Some of the earlier ones were believed to be inaccurate and destroyed.The 1881 and 1891 census were pulped during the Great War due to it's believed a paper shortage and there was no census taking during 1921 due to the War of Independence and in 1922 the majority of the census returns for 1821,31,41 and 51 were burned during the Civil War at the Public Records Office.The next census return which will be the 1926 return is due out in 2027.

Brendan