Come To Your Census: The Podcast
Come To Your Census: The Podcast is a six-part documentary podcast from RTÉ marking the release of the 1926 Census of Population in Ireland. Historian Liz Gillis is joined by archivists and fellow historians who had early access to the records. Together they explore the stories, communities and social changes found in the census returns from the early years of the Irish Free State. The series reveals how nearly three million people were recorded and what those details tell us about everyday life a century ago.
Episodes
Dublin’s Social Housing
This episode delves into the 1926 Census to explore the stories behind some of Dublin’s earliest public housing projects. In it, Liz Gillis is joined by local historians Maria O’Reilly and Eamonn Delaney, both with personal family connections to some of these schemes.From The Tenters in Dublin 8, an ambitious 1922 development on the edge of the Liberties, to the visionary Marino estate on the nort
Foreign Nationals And The Free State
In this episode, we look beyond the idea of a newly independent Ireland as isolated or inward looking and turn to the 1926 Census to uncover a more complex picture. Liz Gillis speaks with Dr. John Gibney from the Royal Irish Academy about the foreign-born nationals captured in the census. They explore the legacy of British military presence, the impact of major civic projects drawing workers
The Protestant Population Of Ireland’s Border Counties
In this episode, Dr. Cormac Moore joins Liz Gillis to explore what the 1926 Census reveals about the Protestant population in Ireland’s border counties. While the data points to an overall decline, Liz and Cormac look at how that trend was notably bucked in Drum, Co. Monaghan, where the Protestant population grew, and in Pettigo, Co. Donegal, a town newly divided by the border. Here, demographic s
Be Our Guest – A Temporary Bed For The Night
In this episode, Liz Gillis is joined by Zoe Reid, the National Archives’ Keeper of Manuscripts, to explore the stories hidden in census entries from those who were not athome on census night. From hotels and guest houses to city lodgings, the records offer a snapshot of an emerging tourism industry in the Free State, Irish people travelling for work, and visitors passing through a newly independe
Revolutionaries – Where Are They Now?
By the time the 1926 Census was taken, Ireland had endured fifteen turbulent years thatreshaped the nation, from the 1916 Rising to the War of Independence and Civil War. In this episode, Liz Gillis speaks with Greg Walls, a historian and PhD candidate from Trinity College Dublin, to uncover where some of the revolution’s most recognisable figures found themselves after the creation of the Irish F
From Gola Island To The World
In this episode, Liz Gillis speaks with Orlaith McBride, Director of the National Archives of Ireland, who reflects on the personal and national significance of the Census. From her family’s home on Gola Island in Co. Donegal, she shares how census records have helped preserve the story of a small island community across generations, and reveals the immense, labour-intensive effort undertaken by h
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