AS part of the release of the 1926 Census, the National Archives will bring a specially curated exhibition, The Story of Us to 11 venues across Ireland over the coming months as part of its public engagement programme developed to accompany the launch of Census 1926.
Tralee will be included in this tour with Tralee Library hosting the exhibition from October 1st to 17th.
Local Authorities were invited by the National Archives to host the exhibition which explores what life was like in the newly independent Ireland of 1926.
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Using contemporary documents and images, audio-visual displays and, above all, the census returns themselves, The Story of Us explores the 1926 census to present a picture of life in Ireland in 1926: from sport and entertainment to language, culture, religion, gender and the working lives of the inhabitants of the Irish Free State a century ago.
The National Archives released Census 1926 on April 18, 2026, making it freely available and fully searchable on www.nationalarchives.ie.
The newly released records provide an unprecedented resource, allowing users to efficiently navigate detailed household returns from 1926 for the first time. Since its release, there have been over 40 million hits to the National Archives website.
