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.
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Most of the population increases during that period occurred in cities like Limerick, Cork and Dublin.
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