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Censuses and Substitutes - A good overview in chronological order of what's available.
Free
Civil Registration Indexes - LDS FamilySearch Beta (still building database)
Parish Records - LDS FamilySearch Beta (still building database)
Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864 - OMS Services Ltd, Eneclann Ltd and the National Library of Ireland
Census 1901 and 1911 - The National Archives of Ireland
Census Substitute 1841 and 1851 - Our surnames do not appear in this database, but it is included here as an important and hard-to-find resource for those studying other Irish lines.
“We provide something in the nature of an Irish census 1841 and 1851 substitute. The reason for this is simple. Ireland's Old Age Pension Act was introduced in 1908, entitling anyone over a certain age to a state pension. Pension claimants had to prove their age - but because the compulsory registration of births had begun only in 1864 they had no birth certificates as proof. The government therefore searched the 1841 and 1851 census returns to find their age at that time. That is, you get to see some of the information collected in 1908 from the 1841 and 1851 censuses, now themselves gone.”
Irish Genealogy: Explore your family history - “This site is hosted by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. At present there are 2,030,140 Church records of Baptism, Marriage and Death available to view free of charge on this website. These records are comprised of Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland Records from Counties Carlow, Cork, Kerry and Dublin City. These Church records were computerised with funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport and through the work of the Dublin Heritage Group and Kerry Genealogical Research Centre.”
For Fee
Glasneven Cemetery Trust - Large Dublin cemetery records 1828 to present. Need to know first and last names and year.
Parish, Census, Griffith's, Gravestone and Passenger Lists from Irish Family History Foundation - Includes Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland parish records.