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| | Human Biology: Religious differentials in postfamine marriage patterns, Northern Ireland, 1840-1915. I. Demographic and ... |
 | | Immediately before the famine the population of Ireland was 8.53 million, and many of the people relied almost exclusively on the potato as their staple foodstuff. |
 | | Mortality and morbidity were greatest in the west and southwest of Ireland (Cousens 1960), with typhus, relapsing fever, dysentery, and tuberculosis diagnosed as the main causes of death and nutritional deficiency disorders, including scurvy, xerophthalmia, and pellagra, prevalent among survivors (Crawford 1981, 1984). |
 | | These historical subdivisions are exemplified by the population of the Ards Peninsula in County Down (Smith et al. |
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