Comments on: The Great Hunger: Making America Home

By: phoebe finch

phoebe finch — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:25:42 +0000

Good writing. As a resident if Boston I can attest to some of the points in the article. However, every ethnic group goes through similar conditions. I am a Scot.

By: betty buffett

betty buffett — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:57:42 +0000

while one a bus tour of the country side a few years ago, everyone on the bus wanted to stop for drinks at a house with a thatched roof (I suspect the bus driver was in cahoots with the owner of the cottage, as most of them are when they bring tourists to certain businesses). However, I took a walk outside and up the road a ways. In an ovegrown patch of grass/hay, and by the roadside, I saw a rickety iron fence and gate with words indicating that it was a burial ground. Inside the gate was a marker stating that this was an area of unmarked graves of victims of the famine. Also in the area was a small stone monument with similar wording. It affected me for the rest of the day, and I think about it even today, much more than a mug of beer would have. I’m sorry the others didn’t take that walk with me, to really get a feel for part of
the history of the country.

By: Cheryl Cotter

Cheryl Cotter — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:10:36 +0000

My information comes from your IRISH websites laddie. Foot in mouth a problem for you?

By: Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:14:51 +0000

@Cheryl Cotter.

It was Irish merchants who exported food from Ireland not the British government. But I wouldn’t expect some dumb plastic paddy from America to know any real history.

By: Cheryl Cotter

Cheryl Cotter — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:42:35 +0000

The Irish were deliberately starved by the British who exported thousands of tons of food guarded by soldiers. Yes the crops failed, but there was more than enough food, it was simply carted off to feed other people – i.e. ENGLAND. This was a Holocaust, not a famine. Go look at the numbers at the Irish Holocausts sites, and weep.

By: Mike Schindler

Mike Schindler — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:56:39 +0000

And, ultimately the Irish did prevail and become vital in the growth of America. They were willing to do what ever they could do to improve their lot, and in so doing helped all Americans.

By: BrklynBridge

BrklynBridge — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:41:46 +0000

Quinnipiac University’s “Great Hunger Museum”

Newly opened in Hamdem, CT, September, 2012, this endeavor ensures that the great famine and its tremendous impact on American history will not soon be forgotten.

http://ighm.nfshost.com/

By: Brklyn Bridge

Brklyn Bridge — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:56:21 +0000

Quinnipiac University’s “Great Hunger Museum”

Newly opened in September, 2012, this will ensure that the Irish famine and its tremendous impact on American history will not soon be forgotten.

http://ighm.nfshost.com/

By: Lisa Sullivan Taisey

Lisa Sullivan Taisey — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:43:31 +0000

Beautifully written. A lost piece of history. My grandmothers birth certificate said her name was Bridget. My uncle said for all these years he never knew his own mothers REAL first name because she went by Delia Frances…

By: Steven W. Chambers

Steven W. Chambers — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:55:11 +0000

yes i agree Kris Williams does great work. with those of us whom are decedent from Ireland it reminds me how far we as Celts have come.