Irish Census Records and Census Substitutes

Unfortunately, few census records exist for Ireland prior to the 20th century due to the 1921 fire at the Four Courts Building in Dublin. This fire meant the loss of important genealogical data including census records, parish registers and some wills.

We have provided links to various Irish census records & sites that we find useful. Some are subscription sites, others are free. Do it yourself, or have us conduct a search for you by calling or submitting a request for a Free Estimate. If you find any invalid links, please let us know.

Burke's Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Peerage of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Volumes I-IV The Public Register Or Freemans Journal (Dublin, Dublin, Ireland) Peerage of Scotland and Ireland County Antrim Householder's Index

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County Cork Census with links to various Irish census listings from 1766 to 1911 for County Cork

County Kerry Records - various online census records and many more

The Muster Roll of the County of Donnagall 1630 A.D. from Ulster Ancestry

1630 County Donegal Muster Roll for the Barony de Eneshone from Ben Palmer

1660 County Donegal Poll Tax for the Barrony of Enishowen lists surnames only, from Ben Palmer

1659 County Fermanagh Census from Bud Flanagan

1659 County Kerry Census by  Rod O'Connor

Ireland 1766 Religious Census

1766 Diocese of Cloyne County Cork Transcribed from public records by Margaret Moon

1769 Ferrar's Limerick Directory from A Little Bit of Ireland

1788 Limerick City Directory  actual page views extracted by Richard Lucas

1796 Irish Flax Growers List from the Ulster Historical Foundation

1799 Unofficial Census of County Tipperary, Carrick (partial) from RootsWeb - FREE

1821 County Tipperary Census Fragments from RootsWeb - FREE

Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland)

Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland)

1846 Slater's Directory for County Donegal by Ben Palmer

1850-1867 County Donegal, Moville Catholic Parish Records by Ben Palmer

1850 Shaw's Dublin City Directory from Trish Loughman

1851 County Antrim Census Remnant FREE on RootsWeb

1901 County Donegal Census, Ardmalin, Clonca Parish transcribed by Margaret (Mairead) Kristich

1901 County Galway Census, Beagh Parish from A Little Bit of Ireland

1901 County Kerry Census from various contributors FREE on RootsWeb

1901 County Longford Census for Edgeworthstown Parish by John Mc Gerr

1901 & 1911 County Mayo Assorted Census Records FREE on RootsWeb

1901 Census Index for Bohola Killedan County Mayo thanks to Ellen Naliboff

1901 County Mayo Census for Crossmolina transcribed by Diane Sweeney Groman

1901 County Roscommon & Leitrim with seven different counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford and Westmeath - by Roger McDonnell

1901 County Sligo Census by Roger McDonnell

1901 Census of Ireland for 7 Counties Complete returns for Leitrim & Roscommon, with some records from counties: Mayo, Wexford, Sligo, Westmeath & Galway

1901 & 1911 County Tipperary Census Extracts FREE search from ROOTSWEB

1901 & 1911 County Wicklow, Arklow Parish Census Records by Peggy Leonard

1901 Census for England & Wales the official Archives site  

1911 County Donegal, Glen, Killymard Parish transcribed by Bob Norton of Alberta, Canada

1911 County Donegal, Mountcharles, Inver Parish transcribed by Bob Norton

1911 County Donegal Census: Scrawhill, Iver Parish transcribed by Bob Norton

1912 Porter's Guide and Directory for North County Dublin by Trish Loughman