“You had this new Cumann na nGaedheal Government that really was ambitious for this new fledgling State that was emerging, and they wanted to get it right”
There have been 40 million hits on the page for the 1926 census since its launch two weeks ago. It has been one of those national projects that captures the public’s imagination because of bold and ambitious decisions that made it come to life. The director of the National Archives, Orlaith McBride, talks to Dion Fanning about what the census tells us about Ireland.
