Elsewhere on this site, Declan O'Kelly reports that an additional five counties have been added to the online database of the 1911 Census. Census data from nine counties is now available online: ...

Next month, the UK will do its most thorough census yet. A century ago, a new expanded form was evidence of a government's thirst for knowledge in their efforts to help a population stricken by ...

An important new tool in tracing your Irish family history has been released in Ireland. The National Library has released a searchable online database for the April 1911 family census for the entire ...

Data on family size by year of marriage, age at marriage, and duration of marriage, from the 1911 Fertility Census, are compared between Scotland, England and Wales, Irish county boroughs, and the ...

The 1911 Census was taken on April 2 of that year. Ireland is unusual among English-speaking census-taking countries in that our original household manuscript returns survive. These are the forms ...

Irish "roots" research has got a major boost with the latest online census from 1911. The census, with a search facility free of charge, is available on the National Archives website. The online ...

The enumerator who collected the 1911 census return for 27 Dartmouth Square in Ranelagh was probably not too amused by the details provided. Susan Manning had determined to use the census to make a ...

Inishcaltra South in Co Clare and Lullymore in Co Kildare had the highest literacy rates in Ireland in 1911 with 100 per cent, it has emerged. The Co Down town of Donaghadee was not far behind with a ...

The 1911 census has gone online today promising to provide a rich vein of stories for journalists. The Guardian has used the census information to carry a piece about the protest messages written by ...

If you were to be part of the wealthy elite more than 100 years ago, Co Meath was the place to live, according to a new analysis. Data collated by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) from the 1911 ...