Dublin, Ireland 1911 Census Online

A census is a count of the population. Ireland began taking national-wide censuses in 1821 but most were destroyed before 1901. The 1901 and 1911 censuses are valuable because of the information they provide.

The 1911 census was taken on 2 April.

Content
The census shows the following:


 * Residence
 * Names
 * Age
 * Relationship to the head of the household
 * Religion
 * Education
 * Age and gender
 * Occupation or profession
 * Marital status
 * Where born

In addition, questions were asked of a married woman how many years she had been married to her current husband, how many children they had and how many were still alive.

Internet Address

 * http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Search Google.com for Ireland National Archives Census

Using the site

 * 1) Click Search the Census Records for Dublin 1911
 * 2) Type information into the search boxes.
 * 3) Click Search.
 * 4) Click on a name in the Search Results.
 * 5) Click the Household Return or House Return to see a digitized image of the census page.

Cost
Free.

Tips

 * Type the information you know. It may only be the forename and surname.
 * Other images are summaries of the information for each DED.
 * A DED is similar to an enumeration district number used by some countries that gather census information.