Learn about the community in which your ancestor lived with census reports detailing population and area statistics from the latter half of the 19th century up to the early 20th century.
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What can these records tell me?
These census reports were compiled from census returns from the mid-1800s to early 1900s. They provide statistical details regarding the number of inhabitants in a given townland. The statistical details are broken down by gender, age, or other similar categories. Statistical information of this type can help provide you with an invaluable snapshot of your ancestor’s community.
PDF images of the census reports are provided in this collection. If you wish to flip through a title from start to finish, search by title and sort by image number. You can use the previous and next buttons in the image viewer to navigate through the entire publication.
There are 194 census reports in this collection, spanning several years and covering all 32 counties of Ireland. The years covered for each county are as follows, including the census report for Belfast:
Antrim – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Armagh – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Belfast – 1911
Carlow – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1901, and 1911
Cavan – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Clare – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911
Cork – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911
Derry – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Donegal – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Down – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Dublin – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1901, and 1911
Fermanagh – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911
Galway – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911
Kerry – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911
