This was a great interview about the book Rot, Barry. Thanks
On Thu, 7 May 2026, 5:17 pm Chris Owen via CoTyroneList, < [email protected]> wrote: > Great information from Colleen putting a bit more context to what I knew! > And a great suggestion from Barry! > > Goodness me this group is suddenly getting very interactive! > > Loving it!!! > > On 7 May 2026, at 15:27, Colleen McConnell via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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] >> ================================= > > ================================= > 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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