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The Irish Potato Famines of 1845-49: A British Genocide?Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". » Maryel - Interesting Article I am particularly interested in the subject because my maternal great, great, great grandparents on both sides came to Canada during the famine . There names were King and Barron. I have been delving into my roots and find this history fascinating. Thank you . ME-- posted by Maryel » Joe_Sramek - I have a similar experience... as one of my great-great-great-great maternal grandparents emigrated from County Tipperary (in the south of Ireland) to Quebec, and then south around the American Civil War to New York. Along the way, this ancestor of mine married a Canadian Frenchwoman/Algonquin or something like that. Another of my ancestors (also Irish) came from the North, I don't know where, but I believe from some county in Ulster, as the person was Anglo-Irish (i.e. Protestant)...In any event, all of Ireland was direly affected by the famine, and thus, I thought it timely to offer this article. In addition, because of my Irish background (although my slavic surname would never give me away instantly), and my perhaps paradoxical interest in British history, it seemed that the two could for once be in the same article... Please feel free to share other stories and comments. As this is something new that I did this week, I am especially interested in what others have to say! Joe :-) -- posted by Joe_Sramek » CFOvard - Great article~ Joe,Great article and very informative. I do disagree with you on a few points since I have done some extensive studying in regards to the way the British treated and handled the whole famine issue. It is documented in journals and such from British officers themselves who were told to starve out the Irish. I have two very good sources that, if you are interested, are very good resources. They are located on my website (exact names of books and authors). But I would whole heartidly say that it was genocide on the British part. They were trying to control an empire and gain control of the whole world. They were doing it in America as well at the same time (I have books to prove that point if you are interested) Yes, as you can tell, I get a bit ruffled under the feathers on this topic. My great grandparents who immigrated to the US got out in the nick of time and I bear their name prouldy! Thanks for such a great article! -- posted by CFOvard Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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