1.0Creative Ireland Programmehttps://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Iq4uRTVlHV"><a href="https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/event/aran-census-1821-data-extraction/">Aran Census 1821 Data extraction</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/event/aran-census-1821-data-extraction/embed/#?secret=Iq4uRTVlHV" width="600" height="338" title="“Aran Census 1821 Data extraction” — Creative Ireland Programme" data-secret="Iq4uRTVlHV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/app/uploads/2021/11/aran-island-image-by-jessica-knowlden-scaled.jpg256019202021 marks the bicentenary of the first complete census of Ireland. Sometime in the early twentieth century, a transcription of the original 1821 Aran Island census held in Dublin was created and made its way to Inis Mór. This transcription was held by local historian Colman Folan. In the early 1940s, Folan loaned his copy to the local schoolteacher, Pádraig Ó hEithir, and his son Breandán created a copy of his own. […]