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*Tracing Your Roots > Irish > Irish Records
* The 1901 and 1911 Censuses 
 
Information Given:
Although these returns are obviously very late for most purposes, the information they contain can still be extremely useful. The 1901 returns record the following:

  • Name
  • Relationship to the head of the household
  • Religion
  • Literacy
  • Occupation
  • Age
  • Marital Status
  • County of Birth
  • Ability to speak English or Irish
The returns also record details of the houses, giving the number of rooms, outhouses and windows, and the type of roof. Members of the family not present when the census was taken are not given. The same information was collected in 1911, with one important addition: married women were required to state the number of years they had been married, the number of children born alive, and the number of children still living. Unfortunately, widows were not required to give this information, although a good number obliged in any case. Only the initials, not the full names, of policemen and inmates of psychiatric hospitals are recorded.

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