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- 29/03/1954
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Materials pertaining to a United Press International article in which Dr. Robert Charles Geary, Government Director of Statistics, disputes the statements made in 'The Vanishing Irish' with regards to the decline of the Irish population. Includes:
-Typed copy of the aforementioned article, in which Dr. Geary states that according to government statistics, the population of the Republic of Ireland will grow to 5.4 million at minimum in 2036 and can tolerate high emigration levels due to its high birth rate (19/3/1954, 1p)
-Press release from the University of Notre Dame in response to the article, in which Rev. O'Brien claims that the thesis of the book has been entirely misrepresented by Dr. Geary and that the book is not a new statistical study as every statistic has already been provided by the government (22/3/1954, 3pp)
-Letter from Rev. John A. O'Brien to Canon Hayes enclosing the article and response (24/3/1954, 1p)
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04/06/2024
17/07/2025