The Protestant Population Of Ireland’s Border Counties

In this episode, Dr. Cormac Moore joins Liz Gillis to explore what the 1926 Census reveals about the Protestant population in Ireland’s border counties. While the data points to an overall decline, Liz and Cormac look at how that trend was notably bucked in Drum, Co. Monaghan, where the Protestant population grew, and in Pettigo, Co. Donegal, a town newly divided by the border. Here, demographic shifts reshaped the town centre as its Catholic population increased. Together they examine the local impact of partition, the work of the Boundary Commission, and how national decisions were felt in the everyday lives of border communities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.