Release Date for 1926 Census !UPDATE!

yes it’s Wicklow

https://www.johngrenham.com/records/church.php?civilparishid=2679&civilparish=Glenealy&search_type=full

I did this afternoon so left it.

In previous censuses we could search by 'occupation' - is that possible on the 1926 census?

Just refresh Irish Genealogy when you get the error message. Usually reloads okay.

Also interesting how old some parents were when having new born children. My Grandad was 55 and grandmother 41 when my Dad was born and they even had a younger daughter afterwards (obviously post 1926) who had some mental issues and was "put in" to the Killarney mental asylum where she spent the rest of her life. Apparently the main reason was the parish priest was worried about her ability to control her own chastity. It was a horrid waste of that poor woman's life.

I have a great aunt that died in grangegorman in the 50s. The release of the 1926 cencus revealed that she was in grangegorman in 1926 so this lines up with family story that she spent 30 years in grangegorman ( all that's shown is her initials) . Her 3year old daughter is living with her grandparents, her husband is a boarder in another household but there is no sign of their 1 year old daughter. This 1 year old little girl died a year later in 1927 and the death was registered by her uncle. This baby was unknown in the family until I spotted her death and the release of the 1925 births confirmed this couple were her parents. I had thought that the death of this baby may have triggered mental health issues for my aunt but it appears she was unwell before the baby died. Sadly I think the eldest girl grew up and died not knowing that she ever had a sister - she remained living with her grandparents and had very little contact with her parents.

I cant find where the baby was in 1926. Why wasn't she living with her grandparents also? She wasnt with any other family either. So 1926 cencus has led to more questions than answers for me. I'll keep digging.

Ita such a sad story and I had hoped to find them all living together as a happy family in 1926 but sadly that didn't happen.

https://nationalarchives.ie/ is the place to look.

Two GG aunts missing from the family return and looks like they’re missing from the 26 census. Tried hospitals, both sets of their grandparents, two older married brothers but can’t locate them. One married in Sep 26 and the other in Jan 27 and they were living at the same family address as 1911. Found the two husbands at their respective family addresses ok. Any suggestions where else to try?

Thats a good idea. I will take a look tonight. Thank you

I saw a few here in Leixlip who completed their forms in Irish.

It's hard to read the PDFs. They all seem to have been written by the same person. The handwriting is difficult to read.

I just found an uncle, who I knew was the eldest. He was living with his grandfather as opposed to his siblings, who were in the family home.