Browse through the Irish national census reports from 1926 to 1991. Census reports are critical for research, providing essential details on local trends, including internal migration, unemployment, overcrowding, wealth, and more. These reports are available from the Central Statistics Office/An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh.
Browse through the Irish national census reports from 1926 to 1991. Census reports are critical for research, providing essential details on local trends, including internal migration, unemployment, overcrowding, wealth, and more. These reports are available from the Central Statistics Office/An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh.
Delve deeper into your Irish ancestry through the National census reports. These reports are vital resources for learning more about where ancestors lived, including the locations, occupations, and population numbers. Understanding trends from one census to another will provide you with valuable insight into how the townland developed through generations.
National Census Reports are government-published reports with statistical summaries and analysis from the previous census. Census reports explain how people like your ancestors lived, even when they don’t mention them by name. Some of the information they provide includes, but not limited to:
Population density
Density maps
Major local and regional industries
Employment levels
Household sizes
Housing conditions and overcrowding
Immigration and emigration trends
Search the collection by title or title plus volume number.
1926 Census of Population - Volumes 1-10
1936 Census of Population - Volumes 1-8
1946 Census of Population - Volumes 1-10
1951 Census of Population - Volumes 1-3
1956 Census of Population - Volume 1
1961 Census of Population - Volumes 1-9
1966 Census of Population - Volumes 1-7
1971 Census of Population - Volumes 1-12
1979 Census of Population - Volumes 1-3
1981 Census of Population - Volumes 1-11
1986 Census of Population - Volumes 1-8
1991 Census of Population - Volumes 1-11