WHEN GENOCIDE BECAME "FAMINE" : IRELAND, 1845 - 1850

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#588

2015-03-31 03:38

Learning about this time period and the unfortunate mystery that surrounds it has consumed me. I have tried so hard, with little success, to learn about my own family in Ireland during this time. Sadly, I realize that it is because their records (marriages, births, deaths) weren't worthy of being recorded. This is a truth that must be shared. History has proven its ability to repeat itself.

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#592 Re:

2015-04-04 14:18:52

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 I am acquainted with the registers.  They can be accessed at National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street Dublin.  Seamus MacManus, famous Donegal writer early 1900s, in his tome (it is big) in the Famine chapter writes that at that time there were schooners who exited the country with lots of people who were never counted.