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[Geldain]

gnjsdad:

If my answer doesn’t satisfy you,

It doesn’t. Not even close.

oh well, them’s the breaks.

That’s true

 

[Zerith]

“We” meaning my family were starved out of our homes and our cottages tumbled. “We” meaning my family came to New Orleans, where the civic works projects had been abandoned – too many slaves dying of disease in the swamps. “We” meaning my family dug the canals and died by the thousands there.

And do you honestly think that because your family left that you’re family should for some reason get more sympathy? Honestly, what you have said really sounds like that. Your family didn’t have to stay through many other famines, that barely any Americans even know about, your family were not oppressed by the British, didn’t suffer countless uprisings, and a bitter civil war - to come out to what? A pathetic nation, Ireland in the 1920s was nothing. The entire country wasn’t supplied with electricity until around the 1960s. (I’ve heard countless tales from both my parents, who were from the middle of nowhere in Mayo)
Your family would’ve experienced the economic success of America when mine was sitting in a field (I’m basing this around 1920s - 60/70s - I can guarantee you it wasn’t until around then my mother and father’s families, respectively, saw any change, when most of their siblings, and themselves included, moved around Ireland).

Not only that, I do also have relatives who emigrated, though I cannot tell you their story.

So don’t try to make me feel sorry for your family only, while I do know what you mean by it, and how it was for them, and I do sympathise, it is a selfish thing to do, when there are roughly 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 people claiming Irish heritage, and 4,800,000 Irish people alive today, whose families have all had similar experiences. I’m not trying to disagree with you, or say “You’re wrong!”, but that the way in which you explained what you meant by “We” seemed a bit arrogant - Though, I don’t mean to pick on you about that, we’re all guilty of it, especially myself.

Which is what happened to my family

Who do you actually think you’re talking to? The president of France? Bonjour mon amis! (Er, my French is bad) All of our families went through that, and much more.

Yes, I think we can also agree on the fact that the Celts were far ahead of their time. For example, Newgrange - The sun shines directly through on the solstices, what a feat for something which is older than the pyramids!

But referring to my last post, and what I said above, in the 1920s, we were still very much backwards, especially in our farming methods. Compared to Europe, we’re still somewhat backwards in certain areas, for example, our telecomunications, we only privatised the company about eight or nine years ago, and our internet connection speeds are the worst in Europe.

And just a question, though I think for purposes of staying on topic, if you’d like maybe an answer via a private message would be better, have you been to Ireland? And if so, which part? Also, roughly where abouts were your family from? (Just a little interested )

 

[vern_humphrey]

Zerith:

And do you honestly think that because your family left that you’re family should for some reason get more sympathy?

You seem to have a problem here.

The Irish in America don’t seek sympathy – we can fend for ourselves.