Very little is known about wealth-holding and its distribution in Ireland in the past. Here we employ death duty register data to analyse and identify a sample of the top wealth-holders in Ireland between the early 1820s and late 1830s. We examine the sources of their wealth and its regional spread, and compare them with their British counterparts. We also discuss the share of Catholics and Quakers among top wealth-holders.

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论饥荒爱尔兰的财富持有结构

过去，人们对财富持有及其在爱尔兰的分配知之甚少。在这里，我们使用死亡登记簿数据来分析和确定1820年代初至1830年代末爱尔兰最大的财富持有者的样本。我们研究了他们的财富来源及其区域分布，并将其与英国同行进行比较。我们还将讨论天主教徒和贵格会在主要财富持有者中所占的份额。