The Irish Central newsletter has published an article, Irish ancestry unearthed every census since 1926 online, which states, "In 2014, the Central Statistics Office published all of the data it collected from every census since 1926 online for public access, free of charge... For sociologists, genealogists, or any member of the 70 million-strong Irish diaspora around the world, this development could provide a huge amount of valuable information about the development of Ireland and its people." The historical reports are available at https://www.cso.ie/en/census/censusvolumes1926to1991/historicalreports/.

For family historians, it can add context about population, occupations, religion and birthplace.

The full article is available at https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/irish-ancestry-census-1926-online.

Thanks to IGSI Co-President Donna Jones for sharing this (and many other) tips for our blog readers.