The first census of the Irish Free State and its importance to the country

Abstract

On the 15th March, 1911, about three weeks before the Census day of 1911, I had the privilege and honour of reading a paper before this Society entitled "The Development of the Irish Census and its National Importance." On this occasion, fifteen years later and a little over three weeks before the Census day of 1926, viz., Sunday, the 18th April, I have again the honour and privilege of reading the present paper. As there are only a few here tonight who were present on that occasion, I propose, before dealing with the first part of the paper, to mention briefly certain of the outstanding historical facts that I dealt with in my paper in 1911.