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Title: Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred
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Author: Thomas Gallagher
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• Posted on 2009-03-18
  Book purchase
  
  product received was as advertised, and in great condition. Would buy from this vendor again.
  
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• Posted on 2007-02-15
  Paddy's Lament - A Must Read
  
  This is an incredibly detailed and descriptive account of what actually happened during those years of the potato famine where the Irish suffered unbelievably inhumane treatment from Britain. There is too much to possibly comment on in this short space. It is an absolutely fabulous book, written very well, and is a great start for anyone digging into Irish history wanting to get right to the point of things. Simply put: Its a must read! I actually walked away feeling proud of my Irish Catholic Heritage for what they survived, but ashamed of the English Protestant in me.
  
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• Posted on 2005-12-31
  ~ Shame on the Brits~
  
  Without exaggeration I can say this is one of the best books I have ever read. This well written investigation and revelation of the near termination of the Irish people during the potato famine at the hands of the British is one that should be read by all interested in history.The cruel history of Ireland under rule of England is throughly laid out here. Even the African American slave was treated better by his slave masters in America in that he was fed the waste and guts of hogs, the Irish were left to starve slowly to death. Can England ever be forgiven of her crimes against this humanity, the Irish ? Pity those that stood in judgement before a just God. This book should be required reading in all high school history classes. Pity my poor ancestors...God rest their souls.
  
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• Posted on 2005-11-08
  Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847
  
  I was very happy dealing with this company. My book arrived when they said it would
  
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• Posted on 2005-10-14
  What I didn't learn in high school...
  
  I am not an expert on Irish history or even particularly well-read about it, but this book caught my attention. Actually, my interest had been sparked by a song by Sinead O'Connor titled "Famine" and its claim that there "never really was one." Her point was that there was enough food for the Irish but that it was sent to England while the Irish starved. It was a good song but left me wondering if that wasn't an oversimplified account and a gross overstatement of British culpability. This book not only supports O'Connor's assertions, it details them using diaries, letters, and other documents to support its claims. I found myself wondering, why didn't anyone tell me about this before? I never heard or read anything about it when I was a student, and Social Studies was one of the two classes I was most interested in. Now, as a teacher, I look at the five world history textbooks and I see why. In the five books combined there are 19 pages about the Holocaust, 24 pages about slavery in America- and 3 paragraphs about the Irish Potato Famine. I'm not saying the books shouldn't spend significant time on the Holocaust and slavery (I'd like to see them address these two issues in greater detail), and I'm not suggesting there should be an entire chapter on the famine-but I do think schools should teach about the way the Irish Catholics were forced to send food to England, were forced to tithe the Anglican church, the British were slow to respond to the crisis and provided a flavored soup nearly devoid of nutrition, and the way the Irish were exploited to take "coffin ships" to America. Unless/until the textbooks cover this topic in more detail, let's hope more people stumble upon this book and others like it.
  
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