I'm asking this question based on the absurd idea that countries only teach their own history; if you use this excuse for not teaching about the Famine you should apply it to D-Day, - didn't happen in Britain. Ireland at least was under the act of union.
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070918093917AAER2ne
2007-09-19 04:55:43 · 5 answers · asked by Hoolahoop 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Monkeydust... and the death of a million people and the emmigration of two million in the space of ten years in the union?
2007-09-19 05:10:42 · update #1
What did they teach you? To us it was the loss of 3 million people in the space of ten years, the halving of the population by the next century, and the near death of our language.
Memories of food leaving the country under armed guard while we died of hunger and disease.
... and you wonder why we object to being included in British Isles.
2007-09-19 05:16:21 · update #2
Eliot B. I've emailed you. The problem wasn't the soil. The problem was land distribution. The English had it, the Irish didn't, and export of food... do you think every field had potatoes, where do you think the beef being exported was raised and by whom?
The problem was similar to the titanic. No way out
2007-09-19 12:16:16 · update #3
Probably because the British were the 'heroes' of D-Day, and the 'enemies' of the Irish Famine.
2007-09-19 05:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by witchgurl2684 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally when I was at school I was taught about the Irish Famine but not about D Day. I am English and went to a girls 'high school' in the south of England.
2007-09-19 12:05:12 · answer #2 · answered by Christina K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the callous behaviour of the British government during the famine is an embarrasment.
2007-09-19 12:30:51 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
One of the main parts of A level history is Russian history. So there
2007-09-19 12:03:32 · answer #4 · answered by Mustapher Crap 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
wasn't it true that the Irish were warned for years and years by the British not to put all their lively hood into farming and potatoes due to the stability of the soil.Apparently they were warned not to do it because the soil was not good enough.No one listened and when it failed the British were to blame.I know this is still not a good enough answer to what eventually happened but does care for some thought!
2007-09-19 16:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by Equal Animal 5 · 2⤊ 6⤋