And one way that this can be done now. today. in our time. is to widen the Irish Republics opportunity for trade and commerce. to encourage and increase her tourist trade. to help make her commercially and industrially strong. as she is morally impregnable. Here is a land of something over 20 millionalmost 21 million acres. They ring with such county names pleasing to the ear as Carlow and Dublin. Kildare and Offaly. Westmeath and Wicklow. Kilkenny and Wexford. and Galway. Roscommon. and Sligo. There are in Ireland four and a quarter million people. The emigration rate from that beautiful country is about 20.000 a year. But against this. in spite ofthe usually late marriage age in Ireland the Irish are a fertile people. This high fertility has permitted a population growth in Ireland well above the European average.
Identified stereotypes
The Irish are described as a fertile people.