Picking up on just a couple of comments:

1. The famine.

Teribus,
There is plenty of evidence that, during that time, the English landlords did extract their rents, regardless of the fact that the Irish were starving, and nit picking about which year it started does not alter that.

2. The subject of unsolved murders.

Merseybeat,
Unsolved means that the miscreants are unknown, or that their involvement cannot be proved. You may state as an opinion that you believe the IRA were responsible, but you cannot possibly justify stating it as a fact, since those responsible are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

I am not pro IRA in the least, but I detest the idea of slinging mud as an alternative to debate.

Don T.