Hi Mary, Let me recommend another Famine book for your collection. Most people interested in the story of the Famine consider The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith to be the best and most objective study of the subject. As an English woman, Smith is anything but pro-British. Happy reading, David Collins Hudson, MA, USA irl-cork-request@rootsweb.com wrote 4. [Cork] Irish Birth dates > Hedgerow schools>British oppression. (MARY THOMAS) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [Cork] Irish Birth dates > Hedgerow schools>British oppression. > From: > MARY THOMAS <coloknight@verizon.net> > Date: > Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:31:19 -0700 (PDT) > To: > Cork List <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> > > > Last night, I happened across a program called Moments in Time that > covers different historical events. This one happened to be the Irish > Famine and I wish I'd seen all of it. Out of ignorance, I always > thought the Irish left to escape the famine. I had no idea that they > were actually forced out in many cases. I didn't know about the deadly > marches from the rural areas to the ports and I didn't know that the > British yanked the Irish out of their homes, destroying the house so > that they couldn't return to it. I knew about workhouses but not that > they were, for all intents and purposes, a means to work the Irish > like slaves in exchange for watery soup. I didn't know about the > pestilance and disease that workhouses fostered and how many Irish > men, women, and children died there. When I learned that a million had > died and another million had been forced by the need to survive to > seek a new life away from Ireland, it gave me a whole new view of my > ancestors. > > I'd been wondering why only the two brothers came to the States. Now I know that it's possible they were the only survivors of their family. I've always been proud of my Irish heritage but never as much as I feel now. Those two brothers created a legacy that they probably never realized they had...pride in their courage, pride in their strength, pride in the fact that I carry their name, pride in knowing that I...and the rest of you on this list...are making certain that they won't be forgotten. > > Okay. Sunday sermon's over. Just had to put it out there. > > Chris > 2nd great granddaughter of Patrick Sullivan > 2nd great grandniece of Jeremiah Sullivan > > > >

Thank you, David. I'll check it out. David Collins <dfc.jr@earthlink.net> wrote: Hi Mary, Let me recommend another Famine book for your collection. Most people interested in the story of the Famine consider The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith to be the best and most objective study of the subject. As an English woman, Smith is anything but pro-British. Stay well, stay safe, and may you always have enough, Chris