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In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Ireland experienced a major population boom as a result of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. In the 50-year period 1790–1840, the population of the island doubled from 4 million to 8 million. At its peak, Ireland's population density was similar to that of England and continental Europe.
The population of Ireland in 2024 was approximately 7.2 million (5.35 million in the Ireland and 1.91 million in Northern Ireland). Although these figures demonstrate significant growth over recent years, the population of Ireland remains below the record high of 8,175,124 in the 1841 census. [4]
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1940s; 1950s; 1960s; See also: 1940 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1940 List of years in Ireland: Events from the year 1940 in Ireland. ... Statistics; Cookie ...
After a lull in the 1940s and 1950s, when (except for Céilidh bands) traditional music was at a low ebb, Seán Ó Riada's Ceoltóirí Chualann, The Chieftains, Tom Lenihan, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Irish Rovers, The Dubliners, Ryan's Fancy and Sweeney's Men were in large part responsible for a second wave of revitalisation of ...
1907–1929 "Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Music" by John J Kimmel; 1936 Michael Coleman's final recordings; 1937–1939 "Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Music" by Hugh Gillespie; 1920s–1944 "Classics of Irish Piping" by Leo Rowsome (1907–1970) 1947 "The Bunch of Keys" by Johnny Doran (1907–1950)
Frances Fitzgerald, 24th Tánaiste of Ireland; 3 August – Mick Flavin, country music singer. 12 August John Carty, Fianna Fáil TD and senator. Patrick Parfrey, nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist in Canada. 14 August – Dermot Desmond, businessman and entrepreneur. 23 August – David Molony, lawyer, Fine Gael TD and senator (died 2002).
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