APPENDIX

THE SKELETON OF IRELAND

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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

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- OTHTotal 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 2,920 768 241 168,420 132,943 17,975 15,064 1,697 304,589 78,946 78,695 116,971 11,497 61,811 34,749 21,121 64,436

741

18,480

1,265

3,995

681

140,621

27,080

43,191

1,939

3,975

Fermanagh

Londonderry.

Monaghan
Tyrone

Total

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.

1. Ireland is a poor country. A few illustrative figures may be quoted to show the poverty of Ireland compared with Scotland.

1 The Scottish figures do not include 1,046,503 persons under 10

years of age.