In possibly the quickest third party publication arrangement ever by a genealogical platform, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added the 1926 Irish Free State census, launched online just two weeks ago by the National Archives of Ireland (see https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2026/04/1926-irish-free-state-census-released.html). The following is Ancestry's description:
Ireland, 1926 Census of the Irish Free State
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63564/
Source info: Ancestry.com. Ireland, 1926 Census of the Irish Free State [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2026.
Original data: Census of Ireland 1926. The National Archives of Ireland, Apr. 18, 2026.
This work includes content from records of the 1926 Census of Ireland, made available by the National Archives of Ireland under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Please see further: https://nationalarchives.ie/search-the-1926-census-2/permission-to-reuse-census-1926/ Accessed: Apr 18, 2026. To the extent of any conflict between Ancestry’s terms and conditions and the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) will prevail.
About Ireland, 1926 Census of the Irish Free State
General collection information
This collection contains an index of information taken from the 1926 Census of the Irish Free State. The index includes a link that connects to images of the original census pages on the National Archives of Ireland website. The original census includes a Household Form A, detailing personal information about each person who was in the house on the night that the census was conducted. It also includes a House and Building Return Form B, which can provide additional information about the size of the house and a more detailed home address.
Using this collection
Records in this collection may include the following information:
- Name
- Relationship to head of household
- Age
- Gender
- Marital status
- Birthplace
- Residence
- Orphanhood
- Language
- Religion
- Years married
- Number of children born alive
- Number of children living
Censuses are highly valuable sources of information for family historians because they contain information about multiple members of a family in one document. Learning about where your ancestors lived when the 1926 census was conducted can provide clues that help you look for other records related to their lives. For example, the 1926 census provides information on children's ages, helping you search for their birth records. The collection contains information about the marital status of people aged 15 and older, and also has information about the orphanhood of children younger than 15, indicating if one or both of an orphan's parents were dead at the time of the census. These pieces of information can be used to search for marriage and death records, where relevant.
The column titled "Irish Language" may have information about your ancestor's speaking and reading ability in both Irish and English. You may also find information on the original census image that has not been indexed. The census form has columns that may reveal your ancestor's occupation and the name of their employer. This information may provide insights into your ancestor's role in society and daily life.
Your ancestor's place of residence is listed in a separate section on the right side of the Household Form A and on the House and Building Form B. Residence information may help you discover more about your ancestor in one of the collections featured on Ancestry's Ireland Genealogy & Ireland Family History Resources page.
Further details are available via the link.
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