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

reaid

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2014-11-08 02:20

I'm reading about there was not a "Great Famine" in Ireland, it was really  genocide by the British. I had family that came to America because of the "Famine". Now I tell  my family the truth about the way our people in West Ireland was treated.  I had heard stories about the way the people of West Ireland were treated  by the British. I had often wondered why these people  would starve just because of the potato shortage. Now I know the answer. I would recommend  the book "The Famine Plot" by Tim Pat Coogan . This book is one that once you start reading it you find it hard to put down. I have a better understanding about  what really happened to these great people.