Scene at Skibbereen during the Great Famine, by Cork artist James Mahony (1810–1879), commissioned by The Illustrated London News, 1847
Dear F,
Thanks for your email.
The special relationship between Native Americans and the Irish rings a clear bell but I had forgotten the "Choctaw" particulars.
Did you know that there was plenty of food produced in Ireland during the devastating famine of the 1840's?
However, the British, who kept their foot on Ireland's neck, despised the Irish as virtually sub-human.
These British overlords profited by exporting all the abundant harvests of wheat from the Emerald Isle, obliging the Irish to live off dirty potatoes which -- in the English view -- was all they deserved. But of course the potatoes were now blighted and induced famine was ubiquitous.
"Irish Food Export During Famine": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Irish_food_exports_during_Famine
To this day, a joke is told in England:
"Why did the British invent the wheel-barrow?
To teach the Irish how to walk upright."
Britain's hatred for the Irish was bound up with British hatred for Irish Catholicism.
Cromwell, who holds a special place of contempt in the hearts of many Irish -- myself included -- gutted Dublin's Cathedral, turning it into a stable for his occupying army's forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell
PS Trump administration withheld COVID relief appropriation from Native Americans for a whole CRUCIAL month, during which tribes -- particularly the Navajo -- were ravaged.
Make no mistake. Trump's hands are drenched in murderous blood. He is a traitor, a thief and a cold-blooded killer.
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:59 PM FV wrote:
The Navajo Nation as been receiving donations for Covid 19 from Ireland.
They were perplexed and found out the Irish were donating because the Choctaw Indians gave aid to Ireland during the Famine.Did you know about any of This? Does Maria?
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