#An Gorta Mor

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1847 – Choctaw Indians collect money to donate to starving Irish Hunger victims.

Moved by news of starvation in Ireland, a group of Choctaws gathered in Scullyville, Ok, to raise a relief fund. Despite their meager resources, they collected $170 and forwarded it to a U.S. famine relief organisation. The Choctaw Indians may have seen echoes of their own fate in that of the Irish. Just 16 years before, in 1831, the Choctaw Indians were forcibly removed from their ancestral…

[somebogwitch]

Ireland on Track to Evict More People Than During the Great Famine

Dr. Rory Hearne talks about how Ireland is set to surpass famine levels of evictions. Last year 11,868 NTQs (Notice to Quit) were issued, while 1849 - 1854, 48,740 families were permanently evicted an avg of 8,123 per year.

But the population of Ireland at that time was 9 million, so as a per capita measure, we've passed that point already.

We talk about how the cultural trauma of the famine lingered in Irish society, even a 100 years post independence. It's harder to change than governments or street names or statues. How will this scar?

Working in environmental conservation in the Irish context has always been an exercise in understanding the impact of colonialism. Not just in the simple cases of timber for shipbuilding (Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?) but in how it fundamentally changed how we looked at the landscape and our relationship to it.

Just 3% of the Irish population are landlords and just 1% own more than 2 properties. Yet one million people are private renters.

In many ways, the current rental crisis is a product of that same trauma, the aftermath of the Great Famine and of British imperialism.

We can point at postcolonialism for why generations of Irish saw rental as only for the very young or poor. The state focused on getting people out of rental not protect them there. Unlike most of our European neighbours.

So there's a certain twisted irony that this attitude has led to a majority of rental homes being owned and managed by poorly regulated investment companies operating much like modern day imperialism.

[syncretic-scathach]

So, my mother-in-law called me up out of the blue to tell me about a "very well done historical program" she was watching on PBS about the Great Hunger, and how she thought I'd really enjoy it if I can find it.

I would've been put off given the morbid topic, except...

A huge portion of my MA research centered around the Great Hunger. I don't think I've ever spoken about this with her. Apparently I just seem like One Of Those People?

[danielkellymusic]

There is no sadness like Irish sadness.

[area51-narutorun]

I’m reading a book about an gorta mór for history class and i’m not exaggerating when I say it’s made me break down and cry several times already

[holocene-sims]

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june 18, 2021 1:00 a.m. the callahan residence

[quinni91]

Just watched the Irish language film Arracht and couldn't help but make the connection that a genocide is happening right this minute in Gaza and all of our protective measures to prevent this seem to be failing, the Geneva Convention, the UN etc because nearly 200 years after An Gorta Mor, a couple of rich, powerful countries can still decide to starve an ethnic group to death via a deliberate famine and get away with it, because who will stand up to a powerhouse like America?

This affects all humanity because if one group of people is deemed not important enough to sanction America, Israel, China, Russia etc over, will you and your community be?

[unfortunate-arrow]

A Brief History of the Lynch & O’Donnell Families

Day 5: Oneshot for @kathrynalicemc’s Lineage Challenge

The Lynch Family

In 1612, with the British finally settling the area of Ireland known as Ulster, a Slytherin wizard by the name of Cathal Lynch began building a manor in a north-westerly costal corner of County Donegal, Ireland. It was a remote area, and Cathal cast a charm to make his manor appear as ruins to the muggles in the nearby villages. Upon finishing the manor, Cathal married a member of a prominent Irish pureblood family. From then on, the Lynch family kept out of the mainstream. They liked their privacy, but continued to make advantageous matches in marriage. They were also known for being mainly Slytherins with the occasional Ravenclaws and every century or so, one would be sorted into Hufflepuff or Gryffindor.

But, as time passed, the family began to splinter in viewpoints. The majority held the belief that muggles and muggleborns were inferior, but a minority disagreed. Duels became common at family gatherings as none seemed to have the sense not to attend gatherings at the manor. It was common to see siblings fight siblings, parents fight children, cousins fight cousins, and more.

However, none were as infamous as the 1897 duel. It was a chaotic affair, which had begun between brothers, and left Tadhg Lynch dead. No one ever confessed to casting the fatal spell and for nearly twenty-five years, the death was covered up as a tragic accident. Then, Tadhg’s twin brother, Cillian was arrested for the murder as the twins had publicly disdained one another. Cillian died in Azkaban in 1931, but maintained his innocence until the day he died. No one would ever discover the evidence to show that Cillian’s claim was, in fact, correct. 

Cillian had married Orla O’Rourke in an arranged marriage and together they had one son, Conor Ryan. Conor, who shares a name with his youngest grandson, broke the mold and was sorted into Hufflepuff. In fact, Conor broke the cycle of violence. He didn’t live in Lynch Manor and married a muggleborn named Ciara Mallon. Conor and Ciara had two children, a son named Doyle and a daughter named Ailis. While Doyle fit the mold of a traditional Lynch, Ailis broke it. She was a Ravenclaw, but she also married a muggleborn. 

The Lynch family merged with the O’Donnell family in 1962, when Ailis Ciara Lynch married muggleborn Seán Michael O’Donnell. This particular branch of the Lynch family would also end in 1998, with the death of Doyle Brannigan Lynch.

However, in another timeline, the Lynch family doesn’t end. Instead, it continues through the sons and grandsons of Oscar Theodore Lynch, the only son of Tadhg Oisín Lynch and Niamh Brigid Kelly.

The O’Donnell Family

Numerous muggle families with the surname O’Donnell have existed, particularly in County Donegal, where the surname was associated with the dominant ruling clan of a medieval and early modern Irish kingdom. However, this particular O’Donnell family truly began in 1835 with a Mr. John O’Donnell. The son of an Irish speaking farmer, John was ten-years-old when the Great Famine (or an Gorta Mor) hit. Despite the many departures and emigrations, John elected to remain in Ireland to help his ailing father. His father died when John was twelve, during the year known as Black ‘47. However, as John was primarily an Irish speaker and a Catholic, he struggled to find work after his father’s death and after selling the family farm. 

In 1868, John met a young woman named Bridget. He fell hard for her and a year later, they were married. John and Bridget had three children. Their eldest and only daughter, Sorcha lived three years. She fell fatally ill with influenza, which claimed her life in 1873. In addition, John and Bridget had two sons. The older boy was named Michael and he would pass away in 1910 from undiagnosed lung cancer. Their younger boy was named Jacob and he lived a long and fulfilled life, dying in 1947 at the age of 71.

Jacob fell in love with a woman named Mary. They had two sons. Their elder son, Eoin, was born in 1899 and passed away in 1920. Eoin had become involved in the Irish War of Independence and was killed by British soldiers during a train raid. Their younger son, Lorcan, was born in 1905. He was just fourteen when the war broke out and was forbidden to join the fighting. This edict was mostly enforced after Eoin’s death, as Jacob and Mary feared losing another son to the war. Despite this, the O’Donnells still openly supported Irish independence and were quite satisfied when the fighting ceased and the Irish Free State was established.

In 1925, while struggling financially and trying to find a job as a teacher, Lorcan decided to try his luck in Dublin. He found a low-paying position that was accompanied by housing and took it. This choice led him to meet his future wife, Rose Boyle. They were married in 1930 and moved back to Donegal in 1934. Lorcan and Rose faced difficulties in conceiving a child, so they were only able to have one child. Their son, Seán Michael O’Donnell, was born on June 30, 1936. 

In 1947, the O’Donnell family was informed that Seán had magic. So, Seán was sent to Hogwarts, where he was sorted into Ravenclaw. Eventually, he would become an auror before retiring in 1975, after the death of his beloved wife. Seán would also spend the 1975-76 school year as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. 

The O’Donnell family merged with the Lynch family in 1962, when Seán Michael O’Donnell married Ailis Ciara Lynch. This union resulted in five children: Cian Jacob O’Donnell [bachelor, 1965-2002], Ryan Michael O’Donnell [married to Penelope Dawn Haywood, 1973-?], Cara Róisín O’Donnell [married to Rowan Indu Khanna, 1973-?], Sara Ailis O’Donnell-Lee [married to Barnaby Abernathy O’Donnell-Lee, 1973-?], and Conor Lorcan O’Donnell [married to Ruth Abigail Lyman, 1973-?]. Seán and Ailis would later gain ten grandchildren, but would never be able to meet them as they both passed away when their children were young. 

[caroleditosti]

'Belfast Girls,' a Powerful, Shining Work at the Irish Repertory Theatre

‘Belfast Girls,’ a Powerful, Shining Work at the Irish Repertory Theatre

(L to R): Caroline Strange, Labhaoise Magee, Mary Mallen in Belfast Girls (Carole Rosegg) The phenomenal Belfast Girls in its New York Premiere at Irish Repertory Theatre takes place in 1850 during Ireland’s “An Gorta Mor” (The Great Starvation) on the ship the Inchinnan. Five women who have struggled through the Great Famine are chosen to leave Ireland. The trip will take them to the colony of…

[rastavibes-reggae-shop]

LPs Dubatriation Fr - Adi Shankara - Looking North

reggae shop NEWS LPs Dubatriation Fr - Adi Shankara - Looking North http://www.rastavibes.net/reggae-shop/?lang=en&p=catalogue&format=lp&item=02053 A Side 1. Ghosts From Now 2. The Bay 3. The Docks 4. Ranelagh B Side 1. An Gorta Mor 2. Poolbeg 3. Get It Off 4. Glass & Flesh http://dlvr.it/SlSZqd

[dennisbmurphy]

Watching Black '47 (2018) movie. Ostensibly a revenge film takes place two years into the An Gorta Mor. (The Great Hunger i.e. Irish Famine). A couple of key English characters spout the standard tropes utilized by the English of the day to justify effectively doing nothing and letting the population starve.

The film does a good job illustrating the poverty, the subservience of some Irish to the crown as constables. It also displays the exportation of food even as people died by the side of the road.

My great-great-grandfather John Murphy created to America in 1864. If one assumes he was at least 18 then, he would have been 2 or 3 and lucky to survive the famine in the rural west of Ireland in Rooney, County Roscommon. Given the west was large Gaeltacht, I don't even know if he was an English speaker or perhaps bilingual.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3208026/

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1849 – The brig Hannah transported emigrants to Canada during An Gorta Mór.

The brig Hannah transported emigrants to Canada during An Gorta Mór. She is known for the terrible circumstances of her 1849 shipwreck, in which the captain and two officers left the sinking ship aboard the only lifeboat, leaving passengers and the rest of the crew to fend for themselves. Hannah was built at Norton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1826 and registered at Maryport in 1840. She was owned…

[don-lichterman]

Athlone Radio to Broadcast An Gorta Mor Bis/The Great Hunger 10-9

Athlone Radio to Broadcast An Gorta Mor Bis/The Great Hunger 10-9

Athlone Community Radio (ACR) will broadcast on  Sunday 9 October 2022 … the work, which will be broadcast.  It is a 90 minute … discussion on the Famine.   The broadcast may be heard, via the … the Google enquiry “Athlone Community Radio direct” or by connecting … Source link

[fighterkimburgess]

Hi! This is probably SUPER weird of me, but a post you made about The Great Famine showed up on my Pinterest and while of course I know about it, it was still super meaningful to read about your point of view and the things you shared that would probably never show up in a history book. Mostly, this is just me being a random stranger saying thank you for sharing something so important. Ok, I'm done! Have a great day!

Thank you!

It’s really weird seeing people trivialise a moment in my country’s history that is so important to us. Even in 2019 Priti Patel said she’d starve Ireland out over Brexit.

Jokes on her, now we don’t have to export most of our crops to a colonial ruler we grow enough food to feed our entire country. So yeah. Living in rural Ireland is weird because it’s so ingrained into our lives. It’s the Irish thing of always feeding people. I don’t drink tea, but you bet I’ve got teabags, milk, and biscuits always in my house for visitors. There’s so much that it’s affected, there’s research saying it may have affected our genetics. It’s a weird thing to think about.

[persephinae]

I'm going to cry 😭😭

[twostarsinonesphere]

black ‘47 should be required watching before anyone opens their mouth about the famine because if i have to listen to ONE MORE IGNORANT POTATO JOKE