APPENDIX

THE SKELETON OF IRELAND

THE SKELETON OF IRELAND

I. POPULATION 1

1. The total number of Irish emigrants from May 1,
1851, to December 31, 1914, was 4,399,390. This emigra-
tion of 63 years exceeds the present total population.

2. Since 1846 the population of Ireland has steadily fallen.
Since 1801 the population of the United Kingdom has
steadily risen. The figures of Ireland and Scotland are
worth comparing:

Population Per sq. mile Population Per sq. mile

1881

5,174,836 159

1891

1901

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3,735,573 125
4,704,750 144
4,025,647
4,458,775 137
4,472,103 150
4,390,219 135 4,760,904 160

135

1911

...

3. The marriage rate is exceedingly low in Ireland,
partly owing to the steady emigration of persons of mar-
riageable ages. Comparing Ireland and Scotland in 1900,
when the populations were practically equal (4,450,000),
these were the figures:

1 These figures are from The Statesman's Year-Book, with a few
exceptions.

4. The proportion of defectives in Ireland is the highest

5. The distribution of religions in Ulster is important in
connection with home rule. The figures published in the
census reports of 1911 were as follows:

ERS

CATH- PROT- PRESBY METH- OTH-
Total OLIC ESTANT TERIAN ODIST
478,603 118,449 128,552 188,018 20,377 32,207
119,625 54,147 38,867 18,962 5,010 2,639
91,071 74,188 12,954 2,920 768
168,420 132,943 17,975 15,064

Cavan

241

Donegal

1,697

741

Total

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1,578,572 690,134 366,171 421,566 48,490 52,211

6. In all Ireland religions were distributed as follows in

7. Because Ireland is predominantly agricultural and
Scotland predominantly industrial, all comparisons are likely
to be misleading. It is corrective to note the differences in
national occupation.