Ireland’s journey towards a population of seven million

Ireland’s journey towards a population of seven million A young migrant harpist on Dublin’s streets, reflecting Ireland’s cultural heritage carried forward by a new generation in a changing, more diverse society. Photos: Eamonn Coyle.

The Central Statistics Office in Dublin recently declared that Ireland’s population could reach seven million by the year 2057 under high migration projections. The population currently stands at just over five million. However, it reached approximately eight million for the whole island before the famine in 1841. Considering the size of the population before the…

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