WHEN GENOCIDE BECAME "FAMINE" : IRELAND, 1845 - 1850


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2014-04-02 15:54

The term Famine seems inappropriate to me and I agree with the proposal to change future reference to the Famine to An Gorta Mór/The Great Hunger. I appreciate that the use of the term 'genocide' in this context is controversial and requires that certain criteria are met but it would appear to me that there is sufficient historical evidence to declare the deliberate actions and intentions of Trevelyan and his administration as constituting a genocidal act under the meaning of the Convention.