Ireland's population fell by 5.3% in the 15 years between 1911 and 1926.
Census documents under examination at the National Archives Image: Lensmen Photographic Agency MINISTER FOR TOURISM and Culture Catherine Martin announced today that the individual returns from the 1926 Census will be published online, searchable and free of charge in April 2026.The Central Statistics Office published information generated by the census including population, age, occupation, religion, housing and the Irish language.
Personal information entered on individual census forms can be published 100 years after a census is taken.“I am pleased to provide funding of €5 million for the digitisation and publication of the 1926 census. It is my firm belief that census records and other genealogical records should be easily accessible and provided free of charge to the public.
The funding has been allocated by Minister Martin for the time-consuming, specialist works necessary to allow these records to be made available free of charge to the public in April 2026. The returns are laced together in 2,464 canvas portfolios each representing an enumeration area within each of the 26 counties.