The Country of Ireland Population Ireland has been inhabited since Stone Age times. For more than five thousand years peoples moving westwards across the European continent have settled in the country and each new group of immigrants, Celts, Vikings, Normans, English, has contributed to its present population. In 1841, shortly before the Great Famine, the area comprising the present Irish State had a population of over 6.5 million. The next census (1851) showed a massive decline to 5.1 million …showed first 75 words of 2912 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2912 total…that period. A general election must take place within thirty days of dissolution of the Dáil, and the newly elected Dáil must meet within thirty days of the polling date. Bibliography References Sited Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century To the Present Day. Paul Johnson, Nadia May. Audio Cassette (May 1995) Fodor's: Ireland 2000. Fodor's. Paperback, December 1999 The Irish Language in Northern Ireland: The Politics of Culture and Identity. Camille O'Reilly. Hardcover. September 1999.