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Title A St. Patrick's Day Reflection
Date 17 March 1888
Document Type Illustration
Publisher Information Weekly Freeman
Reference PD Weekly Freeman 1888 March 17 (A)
Library / Archive National Library of Ireland
Collection Name Prints & Drawings
Description Illustration with a caption beneath reading: "And still there are those who ask me "why I want Home Rule?" The Registrar General has just issued a statistical return shewing that since May, 1851, the awful number of 3,197,419 men and women of Irish birth (the young and strong ones), have fled their birthplace to find in most cases death in foreign lands, and each year is adding to the terrible national drain." This image was printed on a supplement given away with the Weekly Freeman.
Theme(s) Politics, Legislation and Governance; Journey Conditions
Country (from) Ireland
Country (to) United States of America
Nationality Irish; European
Keywords death, government, population, emigration, emigrant, exile
Language English
Copyright Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland