WHEN GENOCIDE BECAME "FAMINE" : IRELAND, 1845 - 1850


Guest

/ #447

2014-11-01 13:10

Ireland was still exporting food to England whilst the ordinary crofter farmers and their families were being evicted from their homes for non-payment of rents to their British and Irish landlords. This was a deliberate policy of genocide to rid Ireland of it's native, mostly Irish speaking peasantry . Over three million people died or were sent abroad. Queen Victoria sent a paltry five pounds to the relief fund.