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Census Quick Reference Chart
I R E L A N D
 
1659     1740     1749     1766     

1813     1821     1831     1841     1851     1861      1871     1881     1891     

1901     1911     1926     1937 & 1951

Census Substitutes

 

YEAR

DATE

ENUMERATED

ADDRESS

BIRTH PLACE

NATIONALITY

IMMIGRATION

RELIGION
or RACE

AGE or
BIRTHDATE

SEX

MARITAL
STATUS

 OCCUPATION
EDUCATION
or INFIRMITIES
MILITARY
SERVICE

ADDITIONAL
SCHEDULES

INDEX

NOTES
1659   Principal land holders only                     No No   Covers counties Cavan, Mayo, Tyrone, Wicklow and parts of Cork and Meath.
1740   Protestants only                     No No   Detail on returns varies from county to county. Covers counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Londonderry.
1749   Head of family only Generalized No No No Religion yes No Inferred from statistics Inferred from statistics     No No   Only for 52 parishes in Roscommon, 13 in Sligo and 9 in Galway.
1766 after 5 March Head of family only Generalized       Religion yes           No No   Of the surviving returns 174 parishes recorded names primarily in Tipperary, Cork, Louth and Armagh.
1813                         No No   None survive.
1821   Entire household Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No   Surviving returns as follows: 14 parishes A-M in Cavan; 9 parishes in Offaly; 8 parishes in Galway A-L; 2 in Fermanagh A-R; 18 in Meath A-t.
1831 6 June Head of family only plus number of males, females and servants   No No Religion yes No No No No No No No     Only part of Londonderry county survives for parishes: Agevey, Aghanloo, Arboe, Artrea, Benagher, Glendermot, Killowen, Macosquin, Tamlaght-Finlagen, Templemore and Termoneey.
1841   Entire household plus absentees as well as deaths since 1831, plus relationship to head of house Yes Records if born in county plus name of city, otherwise records country of birth Inferred from birthplace No Religion yes Ages yes Yes Yes plus number of years married Yes Edu-
cation yes		 No No  

Burnt fragments, only Killeshandra parish in Cavan survives.

For Northern Ireland ancestors:  Claims for old age pensions filed prior to 1922 used entries on this census to verify age of claimant.
1851   Entire household plus absentees as well as deaths since 1831, plus relationship to head of house Yes Inferred from statement of origin Inferred from birthplace No No Ages yes Yes Yes plus number of years married Yes Yes No No but additional information includes names of absent family members and their current residence as well as names of family members who had died since previous 6 June including cause and time of year of death.   Burnt fragments, only townland of Drumkeeran,  Fermanagh and some townlands in 13 parishes of Antrim survive.

For Northern Ireland ancestors:  Claims for old age pensions filed prior to 1922 used entries on this census to verify age of claimant.
1861, 1871, 1881, 1891

                         No No   All returns destroyed by Acts of Parliament. None survive.
1901   Entire household plus relationship to head. Yes Records name of county if born in Ireland, otherwise records country of birth. Inferred from birthplace No Religion yes Ages yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Fermanagh and Tyrone indexed by: Largy Books, P.O. Box 6023, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada T9H 4W1  
1911   Entire household plus relationship to head. Yes Records name of county if born in Ireland, otherwise records country of birth. Inferred from birthplace No Religion yes Ages yes Yes Yes, plus year of marriage and number of years married Yes Yes No No    
1926                               Northern Ireland returns destroyed.
1937 and 1951                               Northern Ireland returns not yet open for public search.

 

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