@BryantFinlay A famine suggests an absence of food. There was no shortage of anything apart from potatoes which fed the poorest people. I consider it a crime against humanity.
@tirnaog09 A blight did cause the potato crop to fail, but the British didn't do all that much to relieve the starvation. Yes, it is a crime against humanity.
my father in law comes from clonmel, the stories that have been past down are tragic to think that this avoidable tragedy happened overwhelms me.tiocaidh ar la.
@hoops814 How fitting that the descendents of the famine Irish turned up in their tens of thousands to raise money for the East Africa famine appeal at Celtic Park last night.
heard a story from my grandad when i was young,there was plenty of good potatoes to go around to sort out the famine in ireland but instead of looking after their own people they were sold to the brits.i stand to be corrected on this statement ,but any old person i have asked agrees with me.
@joe905x There was plenty of corn, barley, likestock and other foods in Ireland. The rural poor used it to pay rent to their Landlords who usually lived in England and screwed them for every last penny. They cleared the land during the famine to settle sheep which made more profit for them. There are currently 62 milion people in the UK, a similar 'famine' to Ireland's in modern Britain would see 7.5 million dead and 12 million leaving the country. Thats the scale of the Irish disaster.
I consider the Irish Famine a genocide.
BryantFinlay 3 weeks ago
@BryantFinlay A famine suggests an absence of food. There was no shortage of anything apart from potatoes which fed the poorest people. I consider it a crime against humanity.
tirnaog09 3 weeks ago
@tirnaog09 A blight did cause the potato crop to fail, but the British didn't do all that much to relieve the starvation. Yes, it is a crime against humanity.
BryantFinlay 3 weeks ago
my father in law comes from clonmel, the stories that have been past down are tragic to think that this avoidable tragedy happened overwhelms me.tiocaidh ar la.
hoops814 6 months ago
@hoops814 How fitting that the descendents of the famine Irish turned up in their tens of thousands to raise money for the East Africa famine appeal at Celtic Park last night.
tirnaog09 6 months ago
heard a story from my grandad when i was young,there was plenty of good potatoes to go around to sort out the famine in ireland but instead of looking after their own people they were sold to the brits.i stand to be corrected on this statement ,but any old person i have asked agrees with me.
joe905x 7 months ago
@joe905x There was plenty of corn, barley, likestock and other foods in Ireland. The rural poor used it to pay rent to their Landlords who usually lived in England and screwed them for every last penny. They cleared the land during the famine to settle sheep which made more profit for them. There are currently 62 milion people in the UK, a similar 'famine' to Ireland's in modern Britain would see 7.5 million dead and 12 million leaving the country. Thats the scale of the Irish disaster.
tirnaog09 7 months ago