The Famine may have decimated much of the country in the 1840’s but parts of East Clare actually saw an increase in population.
A new pioneering study conducted at NUI Maynooth reveals Scariff was one of a number of isolated spots that saw its numbers actually increase between 1841 to 1851 when many other parts of the county were ravaged by the effects of the Great Hunger.
Most of the population increases during that period occurred in cities like Limerick, Cork and Dublin.
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