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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

As the title says , the release of the 1926 Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช census is this saturday April 18th.

Why is this significant..?

The last census in Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช were the 1901 and 1911 census. Which are both free online.

We did not have a 1921 census because of the war of independence. So up next was the 1926 census.

Under Irish law, you have to wait the 100 years , to release it to the public. Which is happening thos weekend.

So whether youre into ancestry and genealogy or just nosey about your grandparents or neighbours everyone should go check it out this weekend. Its free online, and it'll be amazing what you can find out.

I hadnt seen a thread about this, and its something I do alot of iny spare time. So just said I'd tell yee all about it lol

Sorry for the long rant , but check it out if you're free this weekend.

The General

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By *rodigal funCouple
5 weeks ago

Antrim Down Derry Tyrone Armagh

Thanks for the reminder, I can't wait for Saturday.

Big into our family history and genealogy here, so I'm really looking forward to seeing what will be revealed!!

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ S

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

No hassle ๐Ÿ‘Œ at all. I'd say alot of people dont even know its being released. So yeah , can't wait

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By *hivers2020Woman
5 weeks ago

lolli land

Iโ€™ve been waiting YEARS for this to be released, afew empty threats of it being released over the last few years that never came to fruition. Iโ€™m hoping this helps with one particular brick wall in my family tree ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Iโ€™ve been waiting YEARS for this to be released, afew empty threats of it being released over the last few years that never came to fruition. Iโ€™m hoping this helps with one particular brick wall in my family tree ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“"

Well Shivs . I honestly cannot wait. Saturday morning ๐ŸŒ„, cup of tea , iPad, 1926 census. Thats my morning sorted. Msg me if you're stuck finding stuff .

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By *hivers2020Woman
5 weeks ago

lolli land


"Iโ€™ve been waiting YEARS for this to be released, afew empty threats of it being released over the last few years that never came to fruition. Iโ€™m hoping this helps with one particular brick wall in my family tree ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“

Well Shivs . I honestly cannot wait. Saturday morning ๐ŸŒ„, cup of tea , iPad, 1926 census. Thats my morning sorted. Msg me if you're stuck finding stuff ."

Iโ€™ll be the same, although most likely have ancestry open on the laptop and the census on the computer. Iโ€™ve been doing my family tree for over ten years now. Also happen to be a certified genealogist so am happy to offer help to anyone who needs it ๐Ÿค“

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Iโ€™ve been waiting YEARS for this to be released, afew empty threats of it being released over the last few years that never came to fruition. Iโ€™m hoping this helps with one particular brick wall in my family tree ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“

Well Shivs . I honestly cannot wait. Saturday morning ๐ŸŒ„, cup of tea , iPad, 1926 census. Thats my morning sorted. Msg me if you're stuck finding stuff .

Iโ€™ll be the same, although most likely have ancestry open on the laptop and the census on the computer. Iโ€™ve been doing my family tree for over ten years now. Also happen to be a certified genealogist so am happy to offer help to anyone who needs it ๐Ÿค“"

Ancestry will be open , national archives will be open , and I'll have links to military ๐Ÿช– records in KEW open also. Busy lil bee ๐Ÿ on saturday. Ive my family tree done. Took ages, during covid. But its done thank god. Yep if anyone needs help , im happy to help also.

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By *n RiochtMan
5 weeks ago

SVI

I think the law need change, 100 years is too long, maybe change to 50-75 years

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

I think their idea is, so there's very few alive from the period. Like there's only a handful of people over 100 years old in the country actually on that 1926 census.

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By *eretoexciteWoman
5 weeks ago

dublin

Im looking forward to this

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Im looking forward to this"

Same as

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By *arbh BanMan
5 weeks ago

Gweedore

Great post, into this big time

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By *astelloWoman
5 weeks ago

Far far away

Thanks for the heads up.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

No hassle ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ˜Œ peeps. Just bumping this so more see ๐Ÿ‘€ it.

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By *otownkid1967Man
5 weeks ago

Portlaoise

Looking forward to this as it will hopefully clear up a few queries we have on our family history.

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By *exyScientistsCouple
5 weeks ago

Castlebar

This is great. My family have done huge amounts of research and this might fill in a few gaps

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By *enny100Man
5 weeks ago

City

Wow good to know ๐Ÿ™ thanks

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

Anyone living in an old house ๐Ÿš whether in the countryside or in a town / city can literally see who lived in their house 100 years ago. Fill in family gaps. Check family professions,where people were born. Religious beliefs. All will be free to view on Saturday. The excitement is building.

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By *ealitybitesMan
5 weeks ago

Belfast

Unfortunately doesn't apply to NI records as it's after partition and the personal records from that year were destroyed, apparently deliberately,during WWII.

The next available census details for NI is from 1939 which was used for rationing etc but hasn't been digitised.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Unfortunately doesn't apply to NI records as it's after partition and the personal records from that year were destroyed, apparently deliberately,during WWII.

The next available census details for NI is from 1939 which was used for rationing etc but hasn't been digitised. "

Yes, and to add all the older ones for Ireland 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 were all destroyed in a fire in the customs house during the war.

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By *ilderMan
5 weeks ago

dublin


"I think their idea is, so there's very few alive from the period. Like there's only a handful of people over 100 years old in the country actually on that 1926 census. "

There's actually about a thousand people in the state that are over a hundred. I was amazed to hear that recently. The cso attempted to contact them all as they need to give their sign off on their information I believe, they at least need to be told.

I'll be checking up on relatives and also the then occupants of my house as its over a century old. The same family then were living in the previous census I think but ask me again after Saturday

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By *hivers2020Woman
5 weeks ago

lolli land


"I think their idea is, so there's very few alive from the period. Like there's only a handful of people over 100 years old in the country actually on that 1926 census.

There's actually about a thousand people in the state that are over a hundred. I was amazed to hear that recently. The cso attempted to contact them all as they need to give their sign off on their information I believe, they at least need to be told.

I'll be checking up on relatives and also the then occupants of my house as its over a century old. The same family then were living in the previous census I think but ask me again after Saturday "

Iโ€™ve heard the same, that anyone who is alive now and is listed on the census was written to to get their permission for the record to be published and if they refused then the info on that record will be redacted. Iโ€™ve viewed UK censusโ€™s over the years that have lines redacted, very annoying from a research perspective

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By *rRiosMan
5 weeks ago

dublin

There will be an RTE documentary about this which is very interesting if that is your thing

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"I think their idea is, so there's very few alive from the period. Like there's only a handful of people over 100 years old in the country actually on that 1926 census.

There's actually about a thousand people in the state that are over a hundred. I was amazed to hear that recently. The cso attempted to contact them all as they need to give their sign off on their information I believe, they at least need to be told.

I'll be checking up on relatives and also the then occupants of my house as its over a century old. The same family then were living in the previous census I think but ask me again after Saturday

Iโ€™ve heard the same, that anyone who is alive now and is listed on the census was written to to get their permission for the record to be published and if they refused then the info on that record will be redacted. Iโ€™ve viewed UK censusโ€™s over the years that have lines redacted, very annoying from a research perspective "

Same as. Just goes back to the 100 years rule you see. Was the same recently with people's ww2 military records. You couldn't access certain stuff as some men were still alive.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

FYI, the release is tonight at 23.59.

The anticipation is palpable

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By *ing PaddyMan
5 weeks ago

South County Dublin

There was a genealogy open day a few years ago in Cabinteely park Cabinteely house. I found it very interesting and informative.

Got to trace back a few years but stuck now.

There is information on Deansgrange and Glasnevin cemetery.

I was looking up 1841/51 census last night but I am stuck at the moment. It is really interesting searching the census. I must congratulate all the staff who have put the info on line. Looking forward to it.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

The old Victorian era census are mental. Such a different world ๐ŸŒŽ.

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By *n RiochtMan
5 weeks ago

SVI

According to newspaper, about 26 people whose name on 1926 census are still alive

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By *ing PaddyMan
5 weeks ago

South County Dublin


"The old Victorian era census are mental. Such a different world ๐ŸŒŽ. "

It is really interesting tracing your family one of my grandfather s was mentioned in Strumpet City. Love to trace the trade unions records

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By *j69funCouple
5 weeks ago

kildare

Now that we know about it yes we will b checking it out. Thank you General.

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
5 weeks ago

Westmeath The West.

As much as a hundred years of romantic history was beat into us at school. The Civil War was a dirty campaign of settling scores and stealing property belonging to others, by both sides.

Expect a lot of people to raise that when this consensus doesn't line up with all the previous!

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By *r Sunshine2026Man
5 weeks ago

ardee

Iโ€™m mad to do my family tree I started with ancestry and got very little maybe Iโ€™m not using it right but only back to my great grandparents but not fully. I seem to have hit a block wall. Any advice from your experience greatly appreciated thanks

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
5 weeks ago

Lucan


"As much as a hundred years of romantic history was beat into us at school. The Civil War was a dirty campaign of settling scores and stealing property belonging to others, by both sides.

Expect a lot of people to raise that when this consensus doesn't line up with all the previous!"

All wars include elements who will use the situation to further their own ends. Reducing the entire war to just that would be a huge mistake though. The people who were using the war to further their own ends were rarely the people who lay in wet ditches or on cold hillsides waiting to attack their enemy.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Iโ€™m mad to do my family tree I started with ancestry and got very little maybe Iโ€™m not using it right but only back to my great grandparents but not fully. I seem to have hit a block wall. Any advice from your experience greatly appreciated thanks"

Do you know your great grandparents names , maiden names also. ? Good hint is to find their marriage certificate. On their marriage certificate if gives their parents names = hence next line back. Then those , look up their marriage certs etc etc and see if that will get you back 2 or 3 more generations.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Now that we know about it yes we will b checking it out. Thank you General. "

No problem ๐Ÿ˜Š โ˜บ๏ธ guys. Enjoy

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By *mn42Man
5 weeks ago

Centre

Really looking forward to this, just to look into your family history 100 years ago.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

Countdown is on

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
5 weeks ago

Portstewart

We take it this is just for those in the south

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By *enerationfornicationMan
5 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

100 yrs - is suppose to equal a generation.

There was a method to thr logic behind it.

It's the same with the logic of recording people from 1912-21 and during the whole period of the independence struggle. There were no official statements taken from people who were regular or irregular during the civil war period.

The logic behind it was to allow the "healing process" and not allow limit transfer to the next generation.

There are some folklore bits in county archives that were gathered in the 1990s though.

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By *enerationfornicationMan
5 weeks ago

In a place not far from...


"Iโ€™m mad to do my family tree I started with ancestry and got very little maybe Iโ€™m not using it right but only back to my great grandparents but not fully. I seem to have hit a block wall. Any advice from your experience greatly appreciated thanks

Do you know your great grandparents names , maiden names also. ? Good hint is to find their marriage certificate. On their marriage certificate if gives their parents names = hence next line back. Then those , look up their marriage certs etc etc and see if that will get you back 2 or 3 more generations. "

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Look for death certs and cross check with parish records.

I was doing some of my own recently and learned that a good chunk were all buried in the same section of a graveyard over the space of 100yrs with faint makers still visable

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By *iamond_AligoCouple
5 weeks ago

letterkenny

Heard a doctor once say on radio that stats are like a beautiful woman in a bikini ! What is revealed is obvious what is not revealed is not so obvious

The files on the people of the six counties are not included

To the victors go the spoils of war Thousands of men on the loosing side had to head of to England and America they will be missing

And many men from the North who came south for the so called Northern offensive couldn't go back home again so expect Ulster names popping up

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By *enerationfornicationMan
5 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

Northern offensive was never going to happen (there was no money to fund it and it would of been a fools errand) Free state was bankrupt with reparations to be paid. Quickest and safest way to generate revenue was along the border with custom checks and it diverted a large force away from Dublin.

What the document won't really show is the level of social deprivation. Much of the population was far below the breadline. Mortality was high. It will be interesting to see the areas near the treaty ports. I was doing a few bits recently and came across a lot of UK based families that would of lived in the housing attached to depots post 1918. Most of the names died out by the 1960s/70s.

It's fascinating stuff to me but boring as fuck for a lot of people

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By *izzyRebelWoman
5 weeks ago

Kerry

Great way to spend an hour or 2 on a Sat....my great-granddad lived to the ripe old age of 90 and my son is actually called after him so the name didn't die out with him

Love the bit of family history

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City

Massive shout out too my great grandparents and my grandfather who I found early this morning living in the same house ๐Ÿ  my mum was born in. All old Irish volunteers ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ. Now cracking open a can of Guinness in yer memory ๐Ÿ˜€.

Slรกinte lads ๐Ÿ™‚.

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By *M316Man
5 weeks ago

Dublin

Best forum post I seen!! Never would of heard or looked this up otherwise

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Best forum post I seen!! Never would of heard or looked this up otherwise

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Hope you got a few answers to questions bro ๐Ÿ™ .

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By *hantomfemmeWoman
5 weeks ago

Sligo/Galway/limerick depends on the day

Well apparently my family didnt exist at the address in 1926 even though we can trace back over 200 years.

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Well apparently my family didnt exist at the address in 1926 even though we can trace back over 200 years."

The exact address ??. If you're going off house ๐Ÿ  numbers, they may of changed over the years.

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By *hantomfemmeWoman
5 weeks ago

Sligo/Galway/limerick depends on the day


"Well apparently my family didnt exist at the address in 1926 even though we can trace back over 200 years.

The exact address ??. If you're going off house ๐Ÿ  numbers, they may of changed over the years. "

The exact address can see all the neighbours etc. Prob cause the were huge IRA heads they didn't do it. Fear of being caught.

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By *hantomfemmeWoman
5 weeks ago

Sligo/Galway/limerick depends on the day


"Well apparently my family didnt exist at the address in 1926 even though we can trace back over 200 years.

The exact address ??. If you're going off house ๐Ÿ  numbers, they may of changed over the years. "

No house numbers where I'm from

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By *he General 2 0 2 5ย OPย ย ย Man
5 weeks ago

Limerick City


"Well apparently my family didnt exist at the address in 1926 even though we can trace back over 200 years.

The exact address ??. If you're going off house ๐Ÿ  numbers, they may of changed over the years.

No house numbers where I'm from "

Mine were the same. My sister actually lives in an old IRA safe house atm. Have you checked the military ๐Ÿช– archives for your relatives IRA membership ?. Thats also free online at military.ie site. In relation to the house, if you wanna message me ill have a look, guarantee ๐Ÿ’ฏ its something silly / straight forward.

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