Brave enough to fight? Masculinity, migration and the Irish revolution

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Table 1. Estimated migration from Ireland by age and sex, 1916–1920

Age group	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920
0–14	1,013	835	457	859	1,330
15–24	4,242	422	108	809	9,646
25–44	1,699	746	357	1,174	4,074
45–59	353	108	56	207	419
60 and over	59	18	5	65	116
Total persons	7,366	2,129	983	3,114	15,585
Of which:
Irish nationals	7,302	2,111	980	2,975	15,531
Non-Irish nationals	64	18	3	466	54
Males
0–14	538	465	240	451	673
15–24	442	97	40	244	3,182
25–44	519	214	123	401	2,027
45–59	255	65	38	93	153
60 and over	32	11	2	39	40
Total males	1,786	852	443	1,228	6,075
Of which:
Irish nationals	1,743	838	442	1,137	6,044
Non-Irish nationals	43	14	1	91	31
Females
0–14	475	370	217	408	657
15–24	3,800	325	68	565	6,464
25–44	1,180	532	234	773	2,047
45–59	98	43	18	114	266
60 and over	27	7	3	26	76
Total females	5,580	1,277	540	1,886	9,510
Of which:
Irish nationals	5,559	1,273	538	1,838	9,487
Non-Irish nationals	21	4	2	48	23

Source: Adapted from Central Statistics Office “Life in 1916 Ireland: Stories from statistics Emigration” Table 1.8 Estimated Emigration by sex, age group and nationality, 1916–1920 and 2011–2015, using Emigration Statistics of Ireland in House of Commons Parliamentary Report, Population and Migration estimates and CSO data. Available from https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-1916/1916irl/people/emigration/[Accessed 9 January 2021].

Table 2. Estimated emigration from Ireland by destination, 1912–1920

Years	UK	USA	Canada	Australia	Rest of world^3	Total persons	Estimated Population	Ratio of Emigrants (per 1,000 population)
1912	1,867	20,466	5,788	842	381	29,344	4,384,710	6.7
1913	1,149	21,758	6,673	915	472	30,967	4,379,012	7.1
1914	1,047	15,272	2,909	768	318	20,314	4,381,308	4.6
1915	2,898	6,681	597	347	136	10,659	4,337,000	2.5
1916	2,446	4,207	485	100	64	7,302	4,337,000	1.7
1917	1,908	88	79	13	23	2,111	4,390,219	0.5
1918	879	12	54	32	3	980	4,390,219	0.2
1919	1,073	848	947	60	47	2,975	4,390,219	0.7
1920	582	12,288	2,109	212	340	15,531	4,390,219	3.5

Source: Adapted from Central Statistics Office “Life in 1916 Ireland: Stories from statistics Emigration” Table 1.9 Estimated emigration classified by destination, 1912–1920 and 2011–2015, using Emigration Statistics of Ireland in House of Commons Parliamentary Reports, Population and Migration estimates CSO. Available from https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-1916/1916irl/people/emigration/ [Accessed 9 January 2021].