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

Although my Father was an Irish Roman Catholic from Dublin, I really knew very little of the "famine" until I visited the Cobh museum and saw the horrendous conditions in which poor souls had to "emigrate" and was told of the graveyards where thousands of children are buried. In Eire, I felt such a deep sadness, as though the very ground was mourning and was moved to tears so many times. That this beautiful land and its people should be robbed of the truth is an outrage...I was never taught at school that it was more than a "famine" - and I am sure the numbers of people who died was never discussed - Millions of people deliberately starved = genocide, not famine. Thank God the Irish people are so spirited and have spread their culture and strength of character all over the globe...God Bless Eire...and her people. everywhere.