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] > <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: 06 May 2026 21:28 >> To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Cc: MT Coghlan <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; Len >> Swindley <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; >> Colleen McConnell <[email protected] <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2026 6:46 AM >> To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Cc: MT Coghlan <[email protected] <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> ================================= >> Send a Message to the List - [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> List Archive - >> https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >> Join the list by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> ================================= >> ================================= >> Send a Message to the List - [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> List Archive - >> https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >> Join the list by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> ================================= >> ================================= >> Send a Message to the List - [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> List Archive - >> https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >> Join the list by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[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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