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This presentation is concerned with the role of the Irish clergy in the nineteenth century. The quantitative dimension of the number of clergy in Ireland, and especially the relationship of those numbers to the Catholic population is crucial to any understanding of the pastoral role of the Irish clergy during this period. The ratio of priests to people before the Great Famine (1847) was becoming progressively worse. In 1800 the ratio was about one to 2300 and in 1840 it was increased to about one to 2800. After the Famine, with the enormous exodus of the Catholic population, the ratio …
