Hi Barry, Thank you for the book suggestion and link. I look forward to learning more. Cheers, Colleen
On Wed, May 6, 2026, 6:58 p.m. barry woolner via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Colleen, the recent book Rot: A History of the Irish Famine discusses > exactly what you are talking about- the longitudinal nature of the > 19th-century disasters. > There is an interview with the author on YouTube. Bizarrely, it is hosted > and sponsored by a financial company and has its ads. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIbM5lgpl1w&t=6054s > > Barry > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Colleen McConnell via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* 06 May 2026 21:28 > *To:* CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* MT Coghlan <[email protected]>; Len Swindley < > [email protected]>; Colleen McConnell <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Reports of Outrage > Extracted from the Strabane Morning Post, Counties Tyrone & Londonderry, > Northern Ireland, also Donegal & Sligo, Ireland 1815-36 > > Additional context to Len's point, Ireland had the ability for economic > wealth long before the famine and, in part, it is why Tudor and Stewart > England took such a strong interest. The other reasons were military > strategy, english overpopulation, the economic impacts and challenges of > the Little Ice age and ideological scapegoating. You can draw a direct line > from Henry VII to the early 1800 conditions and continue through to today. > > Specifically, during the early 1800's there was a great deal of poverty > and divisiveness that was originally cultivated by the Tudor and Stewarts. > Moreover, during this specific period, Tyrone and Donegal were heavily > invested in the linen industry but that industry collapsed due to impacts > from the ending of the Napoleonic Wars. This created a very long tail > economic depression with a heavily divided and angry population that led > straight into the famine. As a result of this (rents were rising further > with the increased inability to pay), and the ongoing divisiveness (ex. the > rebellion of 1798), there was tremendous pressure which leads to inevitable > violence. That is what we are reading about. That pressure being built up > and released. That is the pattern in the story's, that those often being > attacked were landholders or their "agents". This is the release of that > tension and stress. > > This and the ongoing divisiveness (often expressed in Ireland through > anti-Catholic laws, violence between Catholic and Protestant) led to a > quiet immigration pre-famine. If your family left pre-famine this is > probably why. Even if not, it's the conditions being left behind, willing > or unwilling. If they left famine to early post-famine, this is the > foundation/backbone for that. > > Have a great day, > Colleen > > > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2026, 3:31 a.m. Len Swindley via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Reports of arson, violence and intimidation were not uncommonly reported, > Tracey. Police and troops of Yeomanry were essential to maintenance of > public order - so much for the *land of saints and scholars.* > > Len > ------------------------------ > *From:* MT Coghlan via CoTyroneList <[email protected] > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 May 2026 6:46 AM > *To:* CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* MT Coghlan <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Reports of Outrage > Extracted from the Strabane Morning Post, Counties Tyrone & Londonderry, > Northern Ireland, also Donegal & Sligo, Ireland 1815-36 > > Thanks Len, very interesting read. > Some of them quite violent, it must have been an unsettling time for the > victims and their families involved. > Tracey 😊 > > On Tue, 5 May 2026, 12:40 am James McKane via CoTyroneList, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Reports of Outrage Extracted from the Strabane Morning Post, Counties > Tyrone & Londonderry, Northern Ireland, also Donegal & Sligo, Ireland > 1815-36 <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/traumatic/morningpost.html> > > Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI! > > Jim McKane > Kitchener, Ontario > [email protected] > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > ================================= > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > ================================= > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > =================================
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