Read this excerpt from "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift, in which he describes the benefits of his proposal for Ireland:Infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March. . . . [T]here are more children born in Roman Catholick countries about nine months after Lent, the markets will be more glutted than usual, because the number of Popish infants, is at least three to one in this kingdom, and therefore it will have one other collateral advantage, by lessening the number of Papists among us.
Which inference about Ireland is best supported by evidence in the passage?

A. Many children in Ireland are born in the summer.

B. Swift's proposal can be successful only in Ireland.

C. Most people in Ireland practice Catholicism.

D. The Irish want to rid the country of Catholics.