The National Archives of Ireland (NAI) has received huge interest following the 1926 census records being released on Saturday. The census returns have been made searchable online at ...

A century after Ireland's first census as a free state, Boston College provost David Quigley got his hands on copies of ...

First names, surnames, counties, townlands/streets, and District Electoral Divisions can be used to search through the records.

Minister for Culture Mary Hanafin says the 1901 Census is an important tool for people that wanted trace their Irish roots. “In a world which is very troubled, people want to know where they are ...

Professional genealogists have highlighted overlooked census forms that unveil the texture of Irish life in the early 20th century. Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has released a new resource ...

Minister O'Donovan called Ireland's mistreatment of women and children "one of the early failures of the Irish state," saying ...

Pictured is (L-R) Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O'Donovan, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Orlaith McBride, Director.(Image: Fergal Phillips) Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said ...

The jobs people do to earn a living have changed fundamentally in 100 years, reflecting how the workforce evolves to reflect the world around us ...

Although NI's 1926 Census forms were lost, surviving data gives a snapshot of society at the time.

Archive is freely available online from 18 April, revealing the lives, occupations and secrets of 2.9m people The first years of independent Ireland tend to be remembered, if at all, as a dreary ...

Ireland’s premier Micheal Martin has said the release of 1926 Census records is “allowing us to step back in time” to the first years of the then Irish Free State. The National Archives officially ...