It was much harder than it is now, as very few people had cars. Families were a lot bigger, and priests had much more power - nowadays most families have less than 4 children and very few people go to Mass, even in the country. Food was a lot more basic, most people in that era had never even heard of pasta, never mind eaten it. And a lot of people left for America, England, Australia, Canada simply because there were very few opportunities in rural Ireland, unless you were a landowner or extremely astute and slightly unscrupulous.
2006-11-12 07:43:48
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answered by Orla C 7
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