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"Robert Sturgeon" wrote in message ... On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:42:32 +0000, Guido wrote: On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:55:59 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: Northern Raider wrote: It was the Irish starving the irish, Bull****, the lords were english. ??? Perhaps in Ulster. However, that is just 6 counties, what of the other 20? BTW the famine was most severe in the South and West. You might want to brush up on your history. At the time of the famine the British controlled all of Ireland. And the buulk of the land owners and lords were irish not English. |
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On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:50:57 -0800, Robert Sturgeon
wrote: On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:42:32 +0000, Guido wrote: On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:55:59 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: Northern Raider wrote: It was the Irish starving the irish, Bull****, the lords were english. ??? Perhaps in Ulster. However, that is just 6 counties, what of the other 20? BTW the famine was most severe in the South and West. You might want to brush up on your history. At the time of the famine the British controlled all of Ireland. Control is not the same as land ownership. Actually the system was pretty dire. The main landowners, whether from Irish, Scottish, or English families were absentee. The land was let to someone who may or may not have lived in Ireland, who in turn sub-let the land to others, who in turn sub-sub-let to others. So where the main land owner might have let the land to two or three people by the time you got the people that were actually farming it there could be as many as fifty familes. A heirarchy of 'middlemen' each taking a slice of the rent. The epitome of rack-rent. The British government by the way as introducing laws and regulations which were responsible for dramatic reductions in mortality rates amongst the Irish poor. |
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:09:46 GMT, Gunner
wrote: Indeed. There is a rather fascinating book on the subject.... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031...lance&n=283155 Damnable Question: A Study of Anglo-Irish Relations (Paperback) by George Dangerfield Its one review says of it "This is a woefully incomplete book." |
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"Guido" wrote in message ... On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:50:57 -0800, Robert Sturgeon wrote: On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:42:32 +0000, Guido wrote: On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:55:59 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: Northern Raider wrote: It was the Irish starving the irish, Bull****, the lords were english. ??? Perhaps in Ulster. However, that is just 6 counties, what of the other 20? BTW the famine was most severe in the South and West. You might want to brush up on your history. At the time of the famine the British controlled all of Ireland. Control is not the same as land ownership. Actually the system was pretty dire. The main landowners, whether from Irish, Scottish, or English families were absentee. The land was let to someone who may or may not have lived in Ireland, who in turn sub-let the land to others, who in turn sub-sub-let to others. So where the main land owner might have let the land to two or three people by the time you got the people that were actually farming it there could be as many as fifty familes. A heirarchy of 'middlemen' each taking a slice of the rent. The epitome of rack-rent. The British government by the way as introducing laws and regulations which were responsible for dramatic reductions in mortality rates amongst the Irish poor. You guys are at least getting closer to the mark regarding absentee land lords. However, look up the free trade zones of the 19th century and you will get even closer. Rent was paid by feudal tenants to English Landlords in the form of crops, and exported from Ireland, hence the term cash crops, leaving behind the potato as the only source of food they were *allowed* to grow for their own consumption. Adding insult to injury, the potato crops where destroyed by a disease which originated in North Carolina which as it happens, destroyed much of the potato crops in the Northern Hemisphere. Ireland however was the only country to suffer from mass deaths due in part to the crop failure, but more importantly the lack of access to the other crops that where part of the agricultural base of crops that Ireland was also growing at the time. The potato crop failure was merely the final nail in the coffin. The cause of deaths are attributed to the Free Trade Zone of the time, with the powers of the feudal landlords led by the British Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston. Best Regards. Neil George 954-572-5829 |
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:25:01 GMT, "Neil George"
wrote: "Guido" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:50:57 -0800, Robert Sturgeon wrote: On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:42:32 +0000, Guido wrote: On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:55:59 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: Northern Raider wrote: It was the Irish starving the irish, Bull****, the lords were english. ??? Perhaps in Ulster. However, that is just 6 counties, what of the other 20? BTW the famine was most severe in the South and West. You might want to brush up on your history. At the time of the famine the British controlled all of Ireland. Control is not the same as land ownership. Actually the system was pretty dire. The main landowners, whether from Irish, Scottish, or English families were absentee. The land was let to someone who may or may not have lived in Ireland, who in turn sub-let the land to others, who in turn sub-sub-let to others. So where the main land owner might have let the land to two or three people by the time you got the people that were actually farming it there could be as many as fifty familes. A heirarchy of 'middlemen' each taking a slice of the rent. The epitome of rack-rent. The British government by the way as introducing laws and regulations which were responsible for dramatic reductions in mortality rates amongst the Irish poor. You guys are at least getting closer to the mark regarding absentee land lords. However, look up the free trade zones of the 19th century and you will get even closer. Rent was paid by feudal tenants to English Landlords in the form of crops, and exported from Ireland, hence the term cash crops, leaving behind the potato as the only source of food they were *allowed* to grow for their own consumption. Adding insult to injury, the potato crops where destroyed by a disease which originated in North Carolina which as it happens, destroyed much of the potato crops in the Northern Hemisphere. Ireland however was the only country to suffer from mass deaths due in part to the crop failure, but more importantly the lack of access to the other crops that where part of the agricultural base of crops that Ireland was also growing at the time. The potato crop failure was merely the final nail in the coffin. The cause of deaths are attributed to the Free Trade Zone of the time, with the powers of the feudal landlords led by the British Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston. Best Regards. Neil George 954-572-5829 Bravo sir. Gunner "The importance of morality is that people behave themselves even if nobody's watching. There are not enough cops and laws to replace personal morality as a means to produce a civilized society. Indeed, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. Unfortunately, too many of us see police, laws and the criminal justice system as society's first line of defense." --Walter Williams |
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On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:51:32 GMT, Gunner wrote:
Bravo sir. Was it the bits about Monarchy, Capitalism & serfdom of the poor? -- Cliff |
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On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:09:35 -0500, Cliff wrote:
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:51:32 GMT, Gunner wrote: Bravo sir. Was it the bits about Monarchy, Capitalism & serfdom of the poor? Is Gunner objecting to people disposing of their property in any way they see fit? Perhaps he thinks there should be government regulation and such. |
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