Coeliac Research Paper:

This 1973 article from the BMJ was the forerunner of three decades of medical research which studied the high-incidence of coeliac disease in the west of Ireland.

The majority of those research papers were led by Fiona Stevens who was a Staff member of NUI Galway for more than three decades and was a native of Yorkshire in the UK.
British Medical Journal - Mar 24, 1973; 1(5855): 703–705

Incidence of Coeliac Disease in the West of Ireland

M. Mylotte, B. Egan-Mitchell, C. F. McCarthy, and B. McNicholl
Abstract:

During an 11-year period the incidence of coeliac disease presenting in children in the West of Ireland has been found to be 1 in 597. When allowance is made for presentation of the disease in adult life the incidence may be as high as 1 in 303.
These figures are much higher than those reported for Britain.