One of the most controversial events was the Irish famine in 1845-1852. This was because of conflicting national pride and lack of sources that made it difficult for either side to state what really happened. This eventually led to the three historic views, nationalist, revisionism and post revisionism. With passing time each view blossomed into a new statement and belief.
PART:A
Nationalism was the historic view of Irish citizens. They personally told their own reasonings to what actually caused the famine. This typically meant putting all the blame on the British, stating their lack of support was a planned genocide against them. Obviously, Britain didn’t take this kind of behavior too well. They would then take the blame that was put …show more content…
Yes it's true that the cause of the famine was because of environmental issues. However, what can be debated is that the impact of the famine would of changed with the help of supplies from the British. It's true that the British did offer some resources, however, those resources didn’t improve much due to the condition Ireland was in. As a country that was making major profit from the potato and supplying to many, Britain should of naturally supplied a lot of resources in order to continue that economic growth. However, Britain believed that the Irish were lazy because of the success of the potato. So much hatred that they created a generalized persona of how Irish citizens act. (lazy,angry and stubborn) This led to Britain trying to justify their reason for abandoning Ireland as a way of tough love. When really it was their own nation's superiority complex that led to further deaths in Ireland. There really was no moral justification for Britain to ignore Ireland other than they did it just because they could and no one would stop
PART:A
Nationalism was the historic view of Irish citizens. They personally told their own reasonings to what actually caused the famine. This typically meant putting all the blame on the British, stating their lack of support was a planned genocide against them. Obviously, Britain didn’t take this kind of behavior too well. They would then take the blame that was put …show more content…
Yes it's true that the cause of the famine was because of environmental issues. However, what can be debated is that the impact of the famine would of changed with the help of supplies from the British. It's true that the British did offer some resources, however, those resources didn’t improve much due to the condition Ireland was in. As a country that was making major profit from the potato and supplying to many, Britain should of naturally supplied a lot of resources in order to continue that economic growth. However, Britain believed that the Irish were lazy because of the success of the potato. So much hatred that they created a generalized persona of how Irish citizens act. (lazy,angry and stubborn) This led to Britain trying to justify their reason for abandoning Ireland as a way of tough love. When really it was their own nation's superiority complex that led to further deaths in Ireland. There really was no moral justification for Britain to ignore Ireland other than they did it just because they could and no one would stop