Genocide by Famine: The Great Famine in Ireland

[senheiser]

@flamer84 @Schutz @imiakhtar

 

[imiakhtar]

How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

 

[Schutz]

Hey dont include me in this, im part Irish **** off haha

 

[flamer84]

@flamer84 @Schutz @imiakhtar

Nobody is disputing that 19th century West European colonial powers ran an international sweatshop.The important thing is that they learned something from their wicked ways.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Nobody is disputing that 19th century West European colonial powers ran an international sweatshop.The important thing is that they learned something from their wicked ways.

All the Famine taught us is the folly of Protectionism.

Corn Laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[INDIC]

Nobody is disputing that 19th century West European colonial powers ran an international sweatshop.The important thing is that they learned something from their wicked ways.

The Irish are still very emotional to the famine incident.

 

[xenon54 out]

Ottoman aid

According to legend,[89][90] in 1845, Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid declared his intention to send £10,000 to Irish farmers, but Queen Victoria requested that the Sultan send only £1,000, because she herself had sent only £2,000. The Sultan is supposed to have sent the £1,000 along with three ships full of food. According to Abdullah Aymaz in an article in The Fountain magazine, the British administration tried to block the ships, but the food arrived secretly at Drogheda harbour and was left there by Ottoman sailors.[91][92] Shipping records relating to the port appear not to have survived. Newspaper reports suggest that ships from Thessaloniki in the Ottoman Empire sailed up the River Boyne in May 1847,[93] although it has also been claimed that the river was dry at the time. A letter in the Ottoman archives of Turkey, written by Irish notables explicitly thanks the Sultan for his help.[94]

Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coat of Arms of Drogheda

Other sources:

Ottoman Empire helped the Irish during the Great Hunger - IrishCentral.com

New evidence shows Turkey delivered food to Ireland during the famine - IrishCentral.com