A Nation Counted: What the 1926 Census Reveals of Ireland’s Changing Soul

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Stephen Farrell
Stephen Farrell
The Very Revd Stephen Farrell is Dean of Ossory and Rector of Kilkenny Union of Parishes, Diocese of Cashel, Ferns, and Ossory.

On the morning of 19th April, the 1926 Irish Census was made available online. I cannot be the only reader of the Gazette who fell down a rabbit hole — looking for family, looking for their predecessors in office, and generally trying to spot trends and get a better picture of how the country looked…

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