Dr Brian Gurrin gives Lunchtime Talk on Dublin Castle and Early Censuses of Ireland

Dr Brian Gurrin, VRTI Research Fellow and Census Specialist, gave a talk yesterday titled “Counting from the Castle: Dublin Castle and Early Censuses of Ireland” as part of the VRTI’s new Lunchtime Talks at the Castle series.

To watch Dr Gurrin’s lecture, please click HERE.

The event was well-attended and covered the importance of the census in 19th century life, and the Castle’s key role in surveying the population. The first two official censuses – including the great census of 1821 – were organised from the Castle, and their returns were stored here for the next fifty years. The returns from the 1766 religious census of Ireland, perhaps Ireland’s first census, were also safely retained in the Castle.

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The other talks from the series can be found on this Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV4HCgYtPKP0B8-4AXQEziJHXMdtW8dYV.

The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland research programme is supported by the Irish Government through funding from the Department of Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport under Project Ireland 2040. www.virtualtreasury.ie