Population (of Ireland) Reduced.
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| Document ID | 9311351 |
| Date | 22-08-1893 |
| Document Type | Official Documents |
| Archive | Queen's University, Belfast |
| Citation | Population (of Ireland) Reduced.;Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, Series 4, Volume 16, Year 1893, 22 August, Column 784.; CMSIED 9311351 |
| Link | 44652 |
During the last 50 years the population of Ireland had been reduced by one-half. The half of the people either died in the fields or were driven to America and other parts, and this was the direct result of absentee landlordism.