A comparison of the economic position and trend in Eire and Northern Ireland

Abstract

This paper is an abridged version of a thesis presented for the degree of M.Econ.Sc, in the National University of Ireland. In its statistical design the paper consists principally of a comparison of the figures which Dr. J. P. Beddy prepared for the Twenty-Six Counties for his paper " A Comparison of the Principal Economic Features of Eire and Denmark " (read in November, 1943), with figures for the Six Counties. A number of interesting and little known facts emerge from a study of the economic conditions obtaining in each area, the main results of which have been summarised in this paper. For obvious reasons, the abnormal conditions of war-time have been ignored and attention has, for the most part, been directed to the period 1924 - 1938/39.