Katie, I am taking the liberty of forwarding the following from another website ... GENIRE ... which should answer your query re the 1901 Census. You might find subscribing (FREE) to several different Irish websites informative ... since there are VERY knowledgeable individuals connected with each site. bamcgrath ----- Forwarded message from ----- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:21:10 +0100 From: Hugh Watkins <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Irish censuses To: [email protected] david wrote: > Were there censuses for Ireland in 1891 or 1901 like in the U.K? yes Are they available online? no you have to go to the archives in Dublin or pay a researcher http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ 1901 and 1911 survive the rest are mostly destroyed you need a street address for easy access anyone - is there an index of names? >> The National Archives of Ireland has arranged for the digitisation, indexing and contextualisation of its most popular records, the census records for 1901 and 1911. The resulting website will contain images of the forms for each household and institution, which will be indexed by name (all names), townland/street, age and sex. On the left, you can see the household return for the Forristal family of Nottingham Street in Dublin city - please double click to enlarge and view the caption. There will also be illustrated information on what life was like in Ireland in the early days of the last century. The site will be free to access, with no charge to use the indexes or view the images. The first phase of the project, Dublin City and County 1911, is to be launched in Autumn 2007. We had hoped to launch earlier, but rapidly changing technology has meant that we are revising the architecture of the site, and this will lead to a small delay. << Hugh W ----- End forwarded message -----