Monthly Meeting – The 1926 Irish Census by Claire Bradley

The Irish 1926 census will be released on 18th April, one hundred years to the day it was taken. It covers the 26 counties of the modern Republic of Ireland and does not include Northern Ireland. As the first census taken after Irish independence from Britain it has huge value for social and family historians. 15 years had elapsed since the previous census, during which time Ireland had experienced World War I, the Spanish flu pandemic, and significant emigration and internal movement.

This lecture will discuss the historical context, demonstrate how to use the new census, differences between it and the previous ones, and how to follow on to other genealogical research.

This meeting will be available via Zoom and in person at the Weston Library.  The speaker will be on Zoom.

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Speakers Bio: Claire Bradley is a professional Irish genealogist working with both traditional paper records and genetic genealogy. She holds a Certificate in Genealogy from University College Dublin and a Masters in History of the Family from the University of Limerick. Claire is passionate about teaching people how to research their own ancestry. She has taught an in-person beginners’ adult education course for the last 15 years covering all the Irish major sources in Dublin, and is the Director of Irish Studies with the International Institute of Genealogical Studies. She is also a co-founder of the Pro-Am Genies network for professional and aspiring genealogists. She regularly lectures both in person and online to a wide range of family history and historical societies in Ireland, the UK and countries with large Irish diasporas. Her website is www.cbgenealogy.ie