I have now registered to begin my first ever course with the Open University. As of the 2nd of October I will once again be a student when I begin AA100 – The arts past and present.
The intention is for this to eventually lead to a BA (Honours) in History, although that’s a fair distance away but I have to start somewhere!
The other day the RTÉ website announced that the 1901 census of Ireland was now available to search online on the National Archives of Ireland website. The 1911 census was made available sometime last year and my dad had showed me the census form filled out by his maternal grandfather. The availability of the 1901 census made me repeat this but also for his paternal grandfather.
This post will deal with my father’s side of the family, who lived in Dublin. I will devote a future post to my mother’s side, who lived in Cork.