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Ireland 1911 Census - updated Print E-mail
2010-06-03

As reported on this forum September 2009, and January 2010  the information
on the 1901 and 1911 Irish Census was in the process of being digitized and
the 1911 Census was posted last September.  All 32 counties of the 1901
Irish Census are now available on the National Archives of Ireland site:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/.

2009-09-15

 
Information on the Ireland 1901 and 1911 census has previously been reported
late last year. At that time it was mentioned that only parts of the 1911
Ireland census had been digitized.  Currently, all 32 counties for the 1911
census are available on the National Archives of Ireland site:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie. The records for 1901 will be launched
between late 2009 and mid-2010.  1911 was prepared first because the film is
better quality than 1901. There is no charge for viewing the census records.
 
The Ireland National Archives decided to make the material immediately
available although they are still doing corrections and improvements.
filled in and signed by the head of the household.
 
There is one form for each household in the country. The information sought
on the census was: name, age, sex, relationship to head of the household,
religion, occupation, marital status, county or country of birth.  The
census also recorded an individual's ability to read or write and ability to
speak the Irish language, and whether deaf, dumb, blind, idiot, imbecile or
lunatic. The 1911 census asked a significant additional question: married
women were required to state the number of years they had been married, the
number of their children born alive and the number still living. The back of
the form, also available on the website, gives the head of household and its
address. There were a selection of forms used for this census for
workhouses, hospitals, colleges, etc.  They are all explained on the
website.
 
The website also has information on Ireland during the time of the census.
While we may  not think many Jewish ancestors came from Ireland, remember
some may have stopped in Ireland on their route to Canada or the United
States. Therefore, it is worth checking the database.
 
Jan Meisels Allen
Director, IAJGS and Chairperson, Public Records Access Monitoring Committee