BEFORE THe Famine

Major Cities Populations (1841)

Leinster: 46,348
Munster: 61,389
Ulster: 57,466
Connaught: 37,263

Total Population: 202,466 (1841)
Potato Production: 14,862 tons (1844)
 

after the famine

Major Cities Populations (1851)

Leinster: 34,451
Munster: 34,653
Ulster: 42,875
Connaught: 20,613

Total Population: 132,592 (1851)
Potato Production: 6,287 (1854)