"We were discussing the famines, not the clearances."
When in a corner - cry "thread drift"
The two are relatede as both show the contempt the Bristish establishment for what they regarded as a lower class of humanity - "chimpanzees" "damned by God" in fact"
"You have posted enough of the "slightly incomplete" stuff."
then address it with proof - or even argument from some your "eminent and well respected historians".
Did Trevelyan not claim that the famine came as punishment by god?
Weren't 190,000 abandoned to die on the roadside by English landlords?
Didn't the English nobility use British taxes to move evicted tenants off to Canada.
If anything has been said here is wrong or untrue, counter it with
argument instead of hiding behing mystery "eminents" you pathetic little man.
All the "stuff" I put up is verified by both contemporary documentation and long term research - how about tackling some of it head on
Jim Carroll