| Show THE depopulation OF IRELAND THE last censul of great britain shows a total population of ireland of which is a decrease of per cent since 1881 the decadence of the emerald isle has gone on for the past half century and more rapidly than in any other part of the civilized world the following fagu figures res speak for themselves the population of ireland in 1841 was by 1861 1851 it had fallen to the loss lose of nearly one fifth being largely by emigration to the united states in the following decade the loss was 1150 per cent from 1861 to 1871 it was per cent and from 1871 to 1881 it was per cent in fifty years ireland has lost from a population of or per cent should the decrease continue at this rate the irish problem would be solved in another fifty ye beirs ire by the depopulation of the island |
