Jim,
He came back to this thread when he had no need to

After I left there were a number of posts about me that required a reply.

Re Kinealy,

She refers to the "traditional, nationalist paradigm" where "blame is generally attributed to ""key groupings, either within the British government.."

She said that "the government instructed history teachers" to deliver that propaganda to children.
That is a description of brain washing.
No wonder there is so much hate!

She said that in the 30s " the Irish academic establishment" tried to get the truth told to the children, but schools just carried on.

She said that the "popular understanding" of that history is coloured as a result to the present day.
http://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/beyond-revisionism-reassessing-the-great-irish-famine/