The "Celtic Tiger": Ireland's Journey to Economic Modernity

"The name "Celtic Tiger" emerged because Ireland's rates of growth in recent years have been sustained at levels close to those of the four Asian Tigers-South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore."- Paul Sweeny

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Ireland became independent in 1922. Their economic performance before and after their independence from U.K was notable in what it didn't accomplish.Along with this Ireland experienced a century of stagnation in their population size-the 1981 population size was the same as their 1881 size. This was due to the not-so-good economic circumstances that the Irish working population confronted. , increase in net emigration to economies with better economic circumstances.