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The Great Hunger of Ireland: Natural Disaster or Man-Made Genocide?

2025/3/12
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@James Mahoney : 作为爱尔兰的插画家和记者，我亲眼目睹了英国政府在饥荒中的角色。在Skull村，我看到300多名妇女在街头等待购买玉米粉，这些粮食由军队护送到达，但价格高昂，许多人仍然空手而归。英国政府的救济措施显然不足以应对饥荒的严重性。 @Carter Roy : 爱尔兰大饥荒从1845年到1852年，导致300万人死亡或逃离。英国与爱尔兰的合并使得爱尔兰成为英国的殖民地，英国地主控制着大部分肥沃土地，而爱尔兰农民则依赖土豆为生。土豆疫病的爆发使得爱尔兰陷入饥荒，而英国政府的自由市场政策继续出口粮食，未能有效阻止饥荒的蔓延。英国政府的救济措施存在严重缺陷，公共工程项目未能有效帮助饥民，直接救济措施也被削减。英国政府的行为加剧了饥荒的严重性，导致爱尔兰人口减少了三分之一。

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This chapter introduces the context of the Great Hunger in Ireland, highlighting the socio-political dynamics between Ireland and Britain during the 19th century. It discusses the exploitation of Irish resources under British rule and sets the stage for the events of the famine.
  • James Mahoney documented the famine for a London newspaper.
  • Ireland was a British colony, exploited for its farmland.
  • The Act of Union merged Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
  • Irish grain exports fed 2 million Brits annually.

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In the mid-19th century, British-occupied Ireland lost roughly one-third of its population during a years-long catastrophe known as “The Great Hunger” or, “The Irish Potato Famine.” In the years that followed, some have wondered if the tragedy wasn’t the result of a natural disaster, but the intentional efforts of the British government to annihilate Irish people and their culture. The idea that the British pulled off a secret genocide has taken root in the Irish identity– but is it true?

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