On the 9 September 1845 the Dublin Evening Post officially reported that the Potato Blight had arrived in Ireland. The disease had previously been reported in Belgium, but this was the first time that it had been spotted in Ireland. It is thought that the first outbreak of Blight may have occurred in Waterford, though there is no concrete proof that it had not previously been unreported elsewhere.

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National Famine Commemoration Day 2023
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@strokestownpark @famineway
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In 2017 a monument was erected in Midleton which paid tribute to the kindness shown by the Choctaw Nation in Ireland's time of need.

In 2022 the Irish lacrosse team pulled out of the World Games and offered spot to a Native American team in recognition of the Choctaw donation. 2/2

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-lacrosse-team-world-games-native-american

#Ireland #IrishHistory #ChoctawNation #GreatFamine #AnGortaMór #Midleton #Cork

On 23 March 1847, the Choctaws Nation took up a donation, raising approximately $170 ($5,000 in today's money), and sent it to the town of Midleton, County Cork for famine relief.

The donation came shortly after the Choctaw Nation had embarked on the Trail of Tears and the selfless nature of the gesture has created an everlasting bond between Irish and Native American people.  1/2

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#faminememorial #AnGortaMór #Calton

Interesting:

“The use of a longitudinal database of Famine immigrants who initially settled in New York .. indicates that the Famine Irish had far more occupational mobility than previously recognized. Only 25% of men ended their working careers in low-wage, unskilled labor; 44% ended up in white-collar occupations of one kind or another—primarily running saloons, groceries, and other small businesses.”

https://direct.mit.edu/jinh/article-abstract/53/3/407/114352/The-Best-Country-in-the-World-The-Surprising

Via:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/01/saturday-assorted-links-389.html

#anGortaMór #IrishFamine #NewYork

@MarthaCrimson An important thread on Swedish 19th-century famine which will be instantly relatable to Irish folks in general and the Mastodaoine here in particular.
#Famine #GenerationalTrauma #Sweden #Ireland #AnGortaMór #Mastodaoine

If you can donate, maybe Ireland can again show support to First Nations, as we did during the pandemic to support Hopi & Navajo, in response to the support our ancestors received from the Cherokee during the Great Famine?

Where possible, perhaps we can also support the Lakota in their time of need, in the grip of freezing temperatures:

https://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/organizations/organizations-firstfamiliesnow/

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#MastoDaoine
#GreatFamine
#AnGortaMór
#Lakota
#Hopi
#Navajo
#Cherokee
#Mutual Aid
#First Nations
#Indigenous
#Native

An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22nd December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

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@ToniScott @valoisdubins That's a tricky one. The definition of a genocide is the 'intentional destruction of a people'. I'm not quite sure how intentional the British authorities were as opposed to being careless or negligent. On the other hand, Tim Pat Coogan argues that it was a deliberate act of genocide.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/was-the-famine-genocide-by-the-british-28954929.html

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