State of Education in Ireland, 



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Similar results for the four great divisions of the country, Lein- 

 ster, Munster, Ulster, and Connaught, and also for the total popu- 

 lation of Ireland, are contained in the next table. 



'-• Tlie first impression derived from a review of the preceding 

 tables, is the great disparity between the numerical results ob- 

 tained for the two sexes, in a// the greater divisions of the country, 

 the inequality arising from the great neglect of female education. 

 The nearest approach to equality is in the towns, but even there 

 the difference is considerable. In the city of Dublin, for example, 

 the education of females is represented by the ratio of one m 

 twenly'Oney whereas for the males the relation is indicated by one 

 in ten^ not that I am disposed to consider the latter as indicating 

 any thing like a favourable instance of what the education of a 

 people ought to be. In a great majority of instances, indeed, the 

 education of males exceeds that of females in the ratio of two to 

 oney and in some cases nearly three to cne. It may also be ob- 

 served, that the education of males for the whole of Ireland exists 

 in a maximum degree in the city of Kilkenny, the relation being 

 one in six ; but for females it attains the greatest state in the city 

 of Limerick, the ratio being one in twelve. In Leinster the edu- 

 cation of males varies from one in six to one in eighteen^ the mini- 

 mum state being found in Louth. In Munster it fluctuates be- 



