19 A Peripheral Irish Region – The Western Region EXAM LINK (OL)
Tertiary Economic Activities – Irish Region (40 marks) Answer each of the following with reference to an Irish region that you have studied.
(i) Name one tertiary economic activity that contributes to the economy of this region.
(ii) Explain the advantages that this region has for the development of the tertiary economic activity named in part (i) above.
(iii) Describe one challenge faced by this tertiary economic activity in this region. 2017, Q4B
EXAM LINK (HL) Tertiary Activity in Ireland (30 marks)
Account for the development of tourism or transport in an Irish region that you have studied.
2015, Q4C CHECK YOUR LEARNING
1. Identify two ways tourism contributes to the economy of the Western Region. 2. Outline four different factors that have influenced tourism development in this region. 3. Describe two challenges facing the development of tourism in the region. 4. Name three factors that have impacted on transport in the Western Region. 5. List two ways transport has been affected by government policy. 6. Name any three transport projects for the region outlined in Project Transport Ireland 2040.
Human Processes
The Western Region covers almost 20% of the land area in Ireland, but contains only 10% of the total population.
Population dynamics Density
The 2016 census recorded the average population density for the Republic of Ireland as 70 persons per km2
. All three counties in the Western Region have
figures below the national average (Table 19.4). County
Galway Mayo
Roscommon
Persons per km2 42.40 23.35 25.33
Table 19.4 Population density in the Western Region (Census 2016).
Galway city had a density of 54.2 persons per km2 , indicating its importance as
an economic centre. Variations also occur within each county with higher densities occurring in coastal and lowland areas where most towns and villages are located.
KEYWORDS
population density depopulation migration
population structure Gaeltacht
Marking Scheme: 15 SRPs × 2 marks
Marking Scheme: (i) 4 marks (ii) 9 SRPs × 3 marks (iii) 3 SRPs × 3 marks
