The O'Briens of Wexford, Ireland
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The Famines:
The county has always been noted for its prosperous farms
and industrious farmers. Perhaps for this reason it was less
affected than many others by the Great Famine of 1845-47. The
rural population density in 1841 was one of the lowest in the
country at 217 persons per square mile. The total population in
1841 was 202,000, and ten years later it had fallen to 180,000.
There was considerable emigration, particularly from the north of
the county. As elsewhere, emigration continued throughout the
nineteenth century. The population by 1891 was 115000 and is
currently around 160,000.
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