Analysis: The first major administrative act by an independent Irish government, what was involved in compiling the census 100 years ago? On the night of Sunday 18 April 1926, people across the 26 ...
On the night of April 18, 1926, Ireland paused. Across the Irish Free State, enumerators went door to door with clipboards and carefully worded forms, recording names, ages, relationships, religions, ...
A century after the Free State’s first census, its figures still illuminate Ireland’s struggles with identity, population, and political ambition On the night of April 18, 1926, Ireland paused. Across ...