Jobs, life expectancy and religion: Census 1926 reveals how much Ireland changed in a century

Culture minister Patrick O’Donovan and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the official launch of the 1926 Census on Saturday. Picture: Maxwells

One million more people at work, higher life expectancy, and a more diverse population show how the country has changed significantly in the past century, new statistics suggest.

To mark the release of data from Census 1926 by the National Archives at the weekend, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published figures to show how different life was in Ireland 100 years ago.