As you have Bernard born c 1887,then no,you won't find him on the 1881 census anywhere. You need to be systematic - get hold of his marriage certificate - that will give his father's name and occupation,and possibly Bernard's age. Marriage indexes on microfiche are usually available at your local LDS or County Library,or at Middleton st.,Islington,London. Then you can check the Irish birth indexes. You can access these via your local LDS FHC- you would need to order them on film. If you have access to London, then the index films are part of the South Kensington LDS branch permanent stock. You should check several years either side of 1887,as birthdates were very inaccurate. You need film nos. 0101060 1884/5 0101061 1886/7 0101062 1888/9 etc Take down all references to a Bernard Cunniffe,all spelling variants,and all locations,and then get back to me and I will tell you which is the most likely. If he served in the first world war,his records might have survived and be held in the National Archives at Kew. Hopefully ,he may have given an address and next-of kin. If you have any information on his army service,and can't get to Kew, I will be going there again in the next few weeks. Cathy