sentences:  Between 1766 and 1821 the number of households in the Durrus area increased by 60/69%, the population rose significantly.From the land appropriations of the 1650s and 1660s, to the Rising of 1798 and the Napoleonic Wars there was a long period of peace and prosperity.The gradual introduction of those with expertise and the new technology to improve farming practices, contributed to a prosperity, which engendered rapid population expansion.