The records of the 1926 Census were released in Ireland on 18 April 2026, exactly one hundred years after the first census of the Irish Free State was conducted. This landmark collection is now freely searchable on the National Archives of Ireland website: https://nationalarchives.ie/collections/search-the-census

Explore the National Library of Ireland‘s new guide to unlocking your past, and discover what the 1926 Census can reveal for family history research: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/exploring-family-history-after-1926-census-release