{"id":403019,"date":"2026-04-17T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T07:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:20:08","slug":"1926-census-records-to-be-released-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403019\/","title":{"rendered":"1926 Census records to be released online"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1926 Census returns are being released online in a landmark initiative that gives the public an insight into the lives of people living in Ireland 100 years ago.<\/p>\n

Taken on 18 April 1926, the census was the first conducted after the establishment of the Irish Free State.<\/p>\n

Director of the National Archives of Ireland Orlaith McBride said: “The 1926 Census marks an incredible moment in Irish history.<\/p>\n

“We had just had a decade of revolution, upheaval and conflict.<\/p>\n

“History records, the big moments, the big events in people’s lives but actually the census returns tell the stories and the colour of people’s lives across Ireland.”<\/p>\n

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\nOrlaith McBride says the census returns tell the stories and the colour of people’s lives<\/p>\n

The 1926 Census recorded a population of 2,971,992, which was a drop of 5.3% from the previous 32 county 1911 Census.<\/p>\n

Archivist Chloe Stapleton said she feels more people are interested in Irish history: ‘We’re having a bit of a cultural revival, and I feel like because these records are so personal and so close to home and family history, it makes them a lot more important.”<\/p>\n

While census forms remain confidential for 100 years, the National Archives has undertaken the monumental task of digitising over 700,000 return sheets to make them available online.<\/p>\n

From tomorrow, they will be accessible to genealogists, historians, and the public in Ireland and around the world on the National Archives website.<\/p>\n

Watch our video to find out more about the 1926 Census.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 1926 Census returns are being released online in a landmark initiative that gives the public an insight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-403019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}