Here we give the 1901 Census for County Clare arranged alphabetically by surname and containing all the original data from the census forms.

To view the census in its original arrangement by townland and District Electoral Division click here.
To view the original context in which a person listed in this surname index appeared i.e. with other members of their household, and with other families in their townland or town, scroll across the screen and click on the ‘Go to’ button. This will take you to the set of forms relating to that particular townland or town.

For a list of all surnames that occur in the census
click here
Clare County Library wishes to thank Rainer Kosbi for his assistance in creating this surname index.

When the 1901 Census was transcribed, all data was transcribed as it appeared on the original census forms. This is the data presented on the census townland pages. You are also brought to this data when you click on the ‘Go to’ button at the end of each person’s record. However, for the purpose of this index, in order to avoid the separation of similar surnames, the following surnames have been standardised:
All “O” surnames are given with an apostrophy e.g. “O Connell” is given as “O’Connell”.
All “Mac and Mc” surnames have been changed to “Mc”, with no space between this and the next element in the surname, e.g. “MacMahon”, “Mac Mahon” and “Mc Mahon” are given as “McMahon”.
All “Fitz” surnames are given without any space and without an internal capital letter, e.g. “Fitz Gerald” and “FitzGerald” are given as “Fitzgerald”.
“D’arcy” and “D Arcy” are given as “Darcy”.