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*Austere taxation and tithes policies | *Austere taxation and tithes policies | ||
*Continual doctrine of ‘Conquer and divide’ policies enacted over centuries | *Continual doctrine of ‘Conquer and divide’ policies enacted over centuries seized and evicted lands from native Irish Catholics | ||
*Cruel landlords (not all) | *Cruel landlords (not all) | ||
*Sponsorship of land price increases ('rent-racking')--allowed to unbearable rate levels--tossed hordes of already poor families, ‘out onto the street’ | *Sponsorship of land price increases ('rent-racking')--allowed to unbearable rate levels--tossed hordes of already poor families, ‘out onto the street’ | ||
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*#purchase nor lease land | *#purchase nor lease land | ||
*#hold a life annuity | *#hold a life annuity | ||
*#buy or receive a | *#buy or receive a gift of land from a Protestant | ||
*#inherit land or moveables from a Protestant | *#inherit land or moveables from a Protestant | ||
*#rent any land that was worth more than thirty shillings a year | *#rent any land that was worth more than thirty shillings a year | ||
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*British government’s lack of food aid to Ireland during The Great Famine forced nearly half the surviving population to leave Ireland | *British government’s lack of food aid to Ireland during The Great Famine forced nearly half the surviving population to leave Ireland | ||
*Famine brought abject poverty, severe malnutrition inducing poor health, and affected (to some--even death) 3-4 million Irish | *Famine brought abject poverty, severe malnutrition inducing poor health, and affected (to some--even death) 3-4 million Irish | ||
*During the Great Famine years: | *During the Great Famine years: Grains out of Ireland, were exported to England, while Irish were dying from the famine | ||
===Further Reading=== | ===Further Reading=== | ||
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