Dave, we discussed Punch cartoons.
We did not discuss any cartoons that depict famine refugees as apes.
Jim made that up.

You described cartoons depicting the Irish apes and pigs as "not being racist"

I did not.
I said they were racist.
I think they were all American.

The Punch cartoon depicted Ireland as Frankenstein's monster.
Shelley's novel was very popular at the time.
The message was that Britain was creating a monster that would turn on its creator.
Not racist. Political.

My comment about how Irish history had been taught in Irish schools came from a history journal.