Electoral Registers Republic of Ireland
Electoral Registers are a way of finding people aged over 21 (over 18 in recent years). Their advantage over street directories like Thoms is that they record all people of voting age in a house, whereas Thoms only record the head of household or occupier. Registers are held at County Council offices in each county and date from the 1920s right up to the current day. National Archives hold copies of county registers up to around 1960. Dublin City library hold registers for Dublin city and suburbs. Some county councils have their electoral lists on computer database. If you are lucky they will check for a name on the phone ; otherwise they may post you a book for a certain electoral area if requested. |
