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Irish 1901 census goes online
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June 04, 2010
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The earliest surviving complete census of Ireland has been put freely
online.

It contains more than 4.5 million records from 850,000 households across
the 32 counties on the night of Sunday March 31 1901. The Census of
Ireland, 1911 records, went online in 2009 and have attracted more than
260 million hits. 

The 1901 census lists James Joyce as a 19-year-old student living with
his family in Fairview, Dublin and a Peig Sayers, under her married name
of Margaret Guiheen, on the Great Blasket Island. There is a 22-year-old
Pádraig Pearse and a Edward (Eamon) de Valera is listed as an
18-year-old boarder in Blackrock College.

Most of the census records from the 19th century have been lost due to
various reasons including a fire at the Public Records Office during the
Irish Civil War in 1922.

Digitisation of the records has cost almost €4 million and the work has
been carried out by the National Archives of Ireland in partnership with
Library and Archives Canada.

== Sources ==

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10237318.stm
* http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g-iPHCFZ3iKxMcl_grXtJVgl4w2g
* http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0604/1224271820827.html



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