HC Deb 26 April 1907 vol 173 cc382-3
MR. J. MACVEAGH

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what has been the decrease of population in each of the counties of Ulster since 1841; and what has been the emigration from each of the counties during the same period, giving in each case the figures for the city of Belfast separately from those for the county of Antrim.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The following table gives the information asked for so far as it is available:—

Counties. Population Census of 1841. Decrease in 1901 as compared with 1841. † Number of Emigrants, 1st May,1851,to31st December, 1906.
Antrim (exclusive of Belfast) 290,530 94,440 269,437 (inclusive of Belfast)
Armagh 233,024 107,632 99,349
Cavan 243,262 145,721 117,671
Donegal 296,540 122,818 129,700
Down (exclusive of Belfast) 361,487 155,598 146,621 (inclusive of Belfast)
Fermanagh 156,852 91,422 56,278
Londonderry 222,461 78,057 108,434
Monaghan 200,516 125,905 76,369
Tyrone 313,011 162,444 140,579
Belfast City 71,580 277,600 Increase ‡
† Emigration Returns were not prepared prior to 1851.
‡Separate emigration statistics for Belfast are not available. The figures for Belfast are included under Antrim and Down, in which counties it is situate.