In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in … Church in Irish society. These arguments are often backed up by claims that the Irish outside of Ireland behaved the same way … both rural and urban Ireland. But Irish immigrants still had large families relative to the native-born population in the U …

In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in … marriage remained stubbornly high into the twentieth century. Explanations of Ireland's late entry to the fertility transition … Irish outside of Ireland behaved the same way. This paper investigates these claims by examining the marital fertility of …