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Report Highlights Change
in Ireland’s Population

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
June / July 2005

June 1, 2005 by By Frank Shouldice, Contributor<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2005-archive/june-july-2005/”>June / July 2005</a> Leave a Comment

A new report produced by the Central Statistics Office in Dublin shows that Ireland is second only to Cyprus in the percentage increase of population within the EU between 1995 and 2004. The CSO report, titled `Measuring Ireland's Progress,' makes a number of observations that underline significant social change in Irish society. The average household size has decreased from … [Read more...] about Report Highlights Change
in Ireland’s Population

September 17, 1903

On this day in 1903, Irish American writer Frank O’Connor was born in Cork, Ireland. In 1918, O’Connor joined the Irish Republican Army and helped fight in the war for independence. However, he opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was imprisoned for being one of the Anti-Treaty combatants. After his release, O’Connor served briefly as a managing director at Dublin’s Abbey Theater, but then accepted a teaching position in the U.S. Many of O’Connor’s short stories were published in The New Yorker, for which he received much acclaim. His memoir, An Only Child, was also very successful.

Report Highlights Change
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