by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Questions & Answers
Why are the Irish unique? They believe in Faeries and Leprechauns as do I. See the answer to What beautifully unique attributes have centuries of struggle given to the Irish as a people? Stephen Finlay Archer: Irish Historical Novelist Books Available on Amazon Visit...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Questions & Answers
What were the Irish and British political complexities of the revolution? That’s a complex question. At the 50,000-foot level, Britain wanted to maintain control of Ireland and its population. They wanted to protect, at the least, their north-eastern Protestant...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Questions & Answers
Explain: Irish from other countries sympathized and supported the conflict Irish citizens were left to starve by the British during the Great Hunger, potato famine in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s. Those who could afford it traveled mostly to America to survive, with...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Questions & Answers
Talk about some of the atrocities and inhumanity levied against the Irish Catholics prior, during and after the revolution In addition to the inhumane treatment of the Irish population by the British before the revolution as discussed elsewhere in these Q & As...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Questions & Answers
What Irish struggles preceded the Revolution? Who was involved? After the conquest of the Irish Clans by the British at the Battle of Kinsale in 1602 and the subsequent Flight of the Irish Earls to continental Europe in 1607, Britain took control of Irish lands and...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Questions & Answers
Is there an Irish and a British perspective of the conflict? Of course. Ireland was colonized by the British in the same manner that Canada, the United States, India, and many other nations were put under British rule during the age of British domination. Britain...