What would most likely explain the change in population shown from 1841 to 1871?
- the increasing mortality that occurred as a result of
the famine
-the emigration of Irish citizens from Ireland to other
countries
-the arrival of English and Scottish settlers to Ireland
to farm the land
-the natural population growth that occurs over time
as people have children

In celtic mythology, one story involves macha, who was pregnant at the time she outraced the king’s horses on a wager. in norse history, freydis eiriksdottir was pregnant at the time that she single-handedly turned back the natives of vinland, who were at war with the norse. what do you think that pregnancy of these warrior women figured do prominently in mythology and folklore, as well as historical stories?