The USA did the same with the Native Americans. Pres. Jackson ordered them all to the West of the Mississippi River onto reservations. Then took their children to residential religious schools. Speaking their native language was forbidden and only English could be spoken. Sound familiar? However, I don't hear the outrage in America about the Native American condition still going as I as I do about Cromwell...maybe we should take care of our own faults first. Just an observation. > Your points taken and understood, however,many perished as they followed > their former landlords on foot out into the west. Many more who were not > nobility were forced to settle in places that until other minor islands off the > coast of Conamara... -- Pat Connors, visiting Dublin, Ireland (born in USA, living in Sacramento CA) http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I am very involved in Native ASmerican affairs and outraged but this is an Irish discussion page- the white man here did the same the English did in Ireland equally criminal and cruel -----Original Message----- From: Pat Connors <nymets22@gmail.com> To: irish-american@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 5:57 pm Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] "To hell or Connaught" The USA did the same with the Native Americans. Pres. Jackson ordered them all to the West of the Mississippi River onto reservations. Then took their children to residential religious schools. Speaking their native language was forbidden and only English could be spoken. Sound familiar? However, I don't hear the outrage in America about the Native American condition still going as I as I do about Cromwell...maybe we should take care of our own faults first. Just an observation. > Your points taken and understood, however,many perished as they followed > their former landlords on foot out into the west. Many more who were not > nobility were forced to settle in places that until other minor islands off the > coast of Conamara... -- Pat Connors, visiting Dublin, Ireland (born in USA, living in Sacramento CA) http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message