A family who have been evicted and their house pulled down in Kilrush, Co Clare, in the 1880s, a common practice at this time. Photograph: courtesy of Eimear Walshe
What does 21st-century Ireland have in common with mid-19th-century Ireland? New analysis, conducted by Prof Eoin McLoughlin of Heriot-Watt University and Dr Richard Mc Mahon of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, reveals that it is evictions.
Their analysis of the contemporary rate of evictions viewed against Ireland’s historical record was published last week on RTÉ’s Brainstorm, a platform for academics and researchers to publish articles and research.
According to McLoughlin and Mc Mahon’s analysis, the rate of evictions relative to the number of households between 1855 and 1877 was 0.14 per 100 households, and during the Land War a f
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