Figures on Irish Emigration 1855 and 1856.

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Document ID 201276
Date 20-03-1858
Document Type Statistics
Archive Ballymena Main Library
Citation Figures on Irish Emigration 1855 and 1856.;The Ballymena Observer, Saturday, 20 March, 1858.; CMSIED 201276
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  The emigration from Ireland now averages somewhat
under 100,000 a year.  In 1856 it was 91,000, in 1855
it was 92,000.  The proportion from the different
provinces is maintained with singular exactness.  In
both years the number from Ulster was 31,000, and
that from Munster 34,000.

(Transcribed by James Tuff.)