i 5 



. 



od by 



liiuls i in keeping with 



rrdui< . m- 



s before it the IM;I !<>p- 



number of 



ily link :iing a 



gre ho, while they strive for one 



lie end, shall supplement and complete 



Bui red the rnal 



An: of Ireland; it wanted to ere 



conditions there which should render , !e a 



Ithy economic development. As far as con- 



ucation which England be- 



iul, the results are not brilliant, 



thou^i. mtial advances may be noted. If 



uire what percentage of the population of 



1 over five years of age can neither read 



nor \vi find this to be in the following 



years : 



1841 53 per cent. 



39 





 1901 14 



In particular parts of the country and in indi- 

 vidual groups of the population things in 1901 

 were still worse. In Connaught 21 per cent. 

 were illiterate. The entire Roman Catholic 

 population of Ireland showed a percentage of 



