tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post4418731048414027893..comments2023-10-29T19:10:20.956+00:00Comments on ResoluteReader: Cecil Woodham-Smith - The Great Hunger, Ireland 1845-9Resolute Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543167556221747469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-61647151232132937102018-09-11T22:04:37.806+00:002018-09-11T22:04:37.806+00:00Ham reading the book now.have come across this com...Ham reading the book now.have come across this comment by the author. She talks of the irish as being" less civilised and less skilled emigrating to a more civilised and more skilled community". Its not the first time ive come across her racist and prejudical view of irish people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913714124934357280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-29257688228491927862009-08-26T21:57:35.104+00:002009-08-26T21:57:35.104+00:00This amazing book is a great way to step back from...This amazing book is a great way to step back from current affairs and see it in relief. The story of the famine of Ireland in the 19th century shows how the British Government carefully avoided responsibiiity and how millions died. At the same time, Ireland was exporting the potatoes that were left after the blight ruined the crop. Some of it was chaos, some of it man's inhumanity to man, Rumelahttp://www.asiarooms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-86344365880881907272009-05-04T13:11:00.000+00:002009-05-04T13:11:00.000+00:00I've blogged recently ( here & subsequently) o...I've blogged recently ( <A HREF="http://wwwinabstentia-andrewk.blogspot.com/2009/04/making-ireland-british-1580-1650.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> & subsequently) on an earlier period than the Famine, especially with regard to one of England's most revered poets, Edmund Spenser. Spenser in 'A Brief Note of Ireland' wrote:<br /><br />"Great force must be the instrument but Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.com