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tion, in the fact that it supplements the textile 

 industry ; the female population works in the 

 spinning factories, the men in the yards. 



When we consider all these figures we can 

 scarcely say that Ireland gives the impression 

 of an industrial country ; in the main it is an 

 agrarian country, and, so far as we can see, it 

 will remain an agrarian country with the ex- 

 ception of the east coast. 



