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Irish_Dem

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5. Yes the poor will be the scapegoats as usual.

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 03:20 PM

Thursday

Yes the British systematically starved the Irish with bad policies.
And refused to let the Irish be educated, or learn to read and write.
They were kept in ignorance and poverty on purpose.

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