Syd, As Kevin has said (below), there are virtually no pre-1901 census records, especially for Co. Cork!!:) and especially for the years of your interest. There are remnants left, but they are irrelevant to most of us. John Grenham makes the following references: IRISH CENSUS RETURNS AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND (NAI) 1. 1813 Census - Never completed. 2. 1821 Census - Remaining returns - For parts of counties Cavan, Fermanagh, Galway, Meath, and Offaly (King's) 3. 1831 Census - Remaining returns. The few remnants relate mainly to Co. Derry (Londonderry). 4. 1841 Census - Remaining returns. The only set of returns is for the parish of Killeshandara, Co. Cavan (except for the townlands of Corranea, Glebe, and Drumberry). 5. 1851 Census - Remaining returns. Only parts of Co. Antrim; "a few" in Co. Fermanagh. 6. 1861 & 1871 Censuses - According to Grenham, "The official destruction of the returns for these two years was commendably thorough." All that remains are transcripts in the Catholic registers of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford (1861), and Drumcondra and Loughbraclen, Co. Meath (1871). 7. 1881 & 1891 Censuses - Destroyed by government order to provide pulp. Unlike 1861 & 1871 where there is, at least, a trace of remnants, nothing remains of these censuses. 8. 1901 & 1911 Censuses (intact) - All available. Best of luck, David Collins Hudson, MA, USA irl-cork-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Today's Topics: > > 1. Census Records (SydHockey) > 2. Re: Census Records (kevin ) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Census Records > From: > "SydHockey" <syd@sydandjudy.freeserve.co.uk> > Date: > Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:42:47 +0100 > To: > <IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com> > > >Hello Everybody, > Can anyone inform me if I can get census records for CORK 1861, 1871 & 1881, and would they list people living in ARMY Barracks, thank you. > Regards, > Syd > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: Census Records > From: > "kevin " <kevinmcc59@eircom.net> > Date: > Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:11:06 +0100 > To: > irl-cork@rootsweb.com > > >Hi Syd, Im afraid not.Only 1901 and 1911 census available. Are you the Syd with an interest in the barracks at Ballincollig? Best regards,Kevin. > > > >>Hello Everybody, >> Can anyone inform me if I can get census records for CORK 1861, 1871 & 1881, and would they list people living in ARMY Barracks, thank you. >> Regards, >> Syd >> >> >>