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Find your ancestors in the 1901 and 1911 Irish census, then turn the place they lived into a map print.

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A completed 1901 Census of Ireland Form A household return

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    See one household in full: who lived there, their ages and occupations.

  • Townland

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    See how many people share your surname across one townland or street.

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    See how many people share your surname across the wider electoral district.

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    See how many people share your surname across all of Ireland.

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From the archive to the wall

Every print starts life as a household's own return, filled in by hand over a century ago. Here are 4 real families, the original scanned sheet beside the print it became.

Hammond

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Co. Antrim, Ballymoney – Union Street · House No. 52

Samuel Hammond baked for a living on Union Street in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. He, his wife Martha, and their four children (an infant son up to a nine-year-old daughter already at school) filled out the return with three slightly different labels for their shared Protestant faith: Church of Ireland, Protestant, and Episcopalian.

Frazer

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Co. Antrim, Portrush Town – Eglinton Street · House No. 17.1

Eleaner Frazer, a 39-year-old married woman born in Belfast City, is listed here with her four Antrim-born children, from 13-year-old William down to 3-year-old Thomas. Three of the four could already read and write.

Byrne

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Co. Donegal, Aran – Leabgarrow · House No. 5

John Byrne farmed Arranmore Island with his wife Magie and nine children; by 1911 the eldest son worked the land alongside him and every child but the three youngest could already read and write.

O'Neill

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Co. Sligo, Sligo West – Lord Edward Street · House No. 17

John O'Neill served as an Acting Sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary in Sligo town, where he and his wife Bridget were raising two children still in nappies.

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