Very good bit of history there! I enjoyed it.

Yes, greed was and is alive. Too bad the penal laws decimated the Irish. If one looks at the written text of those laws, you would be appalled by what you read. By today's standards, that would not be acceptable in a civilized country.

In Irish history ~ being taught in their schools today ~ they use the word genocide to describe their history under English rule, and they definitely wanted to break up the clan system.

Oh, and there were the Irish who went along with the English...had to save their own behind. Wonder what I'd do if in the same situation??

Food for thought! [/I]