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The Census 1926 map gives geographical insights into your Census 1926 Search. The map covers the 26 counties included in the census.

The presenters of Come to your Census

Come to your Census: Behind the Documentary Series

Come-to-your-Census

Come to your Census: The podcast

Mick Lynch in the National archives

Come to your census - a journey to know your relatives

Image of a hurling team

Census 1926: Passion and patriotism: recreation in Ireland

Black and white photo of men in suits standing with Morris cars

Kildare saw largest population growth since 1926 - Census

1926 Census Form

Cad a deir an daonáireamh 1926 linn faoin nGaeilge?

David and Jeremiah Murphy

Watch: Census Centenarian Ambassador on past century

Joseph O Connor in the National Archives - Come to your Census

Six well-known faces delve into the 1926 Census archive

The complete catalogue of the 1926 Census

From paper to pixels, how the 1926 Census was brought to life

national archives

Watch: 1926 Census records to be released to public

The teachers smiles looking down to her class in front of a white board with an image of a pencil sharpener.

Watch: news2day Friday, 17 April 2026

Motorists pedestrians and cyclists on Donnybrook Road in Dublin 1926

How the new Irish Free State counted the population in 1926

Kathryn Thomas joins Behind the Story to talk about the anti-ageing industry and biohackers

Podcast: The anti-ageing industry and the 1926 census

Come to Your Census: The Documentary

The presenters of Come to your Census

Come to your Census: Behind the Documentary Series

Dermot Bannon in National Archives

Come to your Census: Dermot Bannon on Cappoquin in Waterford

Gormfhlaith Ni Thuairisg in National Archives

Come to your Census: Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg on Connemara

Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg

Mick Lynch in the National archives

Come to your Census: Mick Lynch on Cork's Working Class

Louise Duffy in the National Archives 2

Come to your Census: Louise Duffy on Crossmolina in Mayo

Joseph O Connor in the National Archives

Come to your Census: Joseph O'Connor on the Liberties in Dublin

Joseph O'Connor

Eileen Walsh in National Archives

Come to your Census: Eileen Walsh on Quaker Road in Cork

Come To Your Census: The Podcast

Come to your census Liz Gillis and Orlaith McBride

Episode 1: From Gola Island To The World

Come to your census - Liz Gillis and Greg Walls

Episode 2: Revolutionaries – Where Are They Now?

Come to your census - Liz Gillis and Zoe Reid

Episode 3: Be Our Guest – A Temporary Bed For The Night

Come to your census - Liz Gillis and Cormac Moore

Episode 4: The Protestant Population Of Ireland's Border Counties

Come to your census Liz Gillis

Episode 5: Foreign Nationals And The Free State

Come to your census Liz Gillis and Maria and Eamonn

Episode 6: Dublin's Social Housing

Census 1926 on Brainstorm

circa 1926: The trimming room in a milliners in Luton. At the time Luton was appreciating such a wave of prosperity that there were only sixteen unemployed people in the town. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

How working lives have changed in Ireland since 1926 census

Motorists pedestrians and cyclists on Donnybrook Road in Dublin 1926

How the new Irish Free State counted the population in 1926

Black and white photo of Irish families outside of thatched cottages

Why the census is integral to Ireland's past, present and future

The complete catalogue of the 1926 Census

From paper to pixels, how the 1926 Census was brought to life

Census from the archives

Priest protests census in 1971

Priests Non Compliance

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Census Preparations

O'Connell Street, Dublin, 2006

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1926 Census Form

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Frank Duggan as Cha and Michael Twomey as Miah in 1975.

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