On the State of Ireland.
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Year | Population | Total number relieved in-door |
Total number relieved out-door |
Total number |
1841 | 8,199,853 | 31,108 | — | — |
1844 | 8,276,627 | 104,409 | — | — |
Sept. 29, 1847 | 8,025,274 | 420,499 | 14,000 | 434,499 |
Out-door relief, commenced Sept. 1847 |
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1848 | 7,639,800 | 610,463 | 1,433,042 | 2,043,505 |
1851 | 6,514,473 | 707,443 | 47,914 | 755,357 |
1861 | 5,788,415 | 203,422 | 14,008 | 217,430 |
1865 | 5,641,086 | 252,170 | 36,826 | 288,996 |
1867 | 5,556,962 | 257,890 | 55,000 | 312,890 |
Let me now give some figures on the rate of wages, taken from Lord Dufferin's work on 'Irish
Emigration':—
1867 | |
Antrim | 8s. |
Carlow | 7s. |
Cork | 7s. to 8s. |
Galway | 7s. |
Kildare | 9s. |
Kerry | 7s. |
„ (in summer) | 9s. |
Meath | 7s. to 8s. |
Tipperary | 7s. to 8s. |
The following rest on official authority:—
1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1866 | |
Near Athy, co. Kildare | little money wages |
4s. to 5s. | 7s. | 8s. | 8s. |
Near Clogheen, south part of co. Tipperary | 5s. | 6s. | 7s. | 8s. | 8s. |