English in Ireland

[David L. White]

        One hundred thousand English arriving in Ireland over a hundred
years is one thousand per year, which is not proportionally significant.  It
is roughly equivalent, on a proportional basis, to the number of Mexicans
arriving per year in America.  In any event, it is not controversial, to my
knowledge, that the triumph (so to speak) of English over Irish in Ireland
is largely a result of "elite dominance", not numerical preponderance.

                                                        Dr. David L. White