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 <u>'''Ireland'''</u>
-From 1611 to 1870, more than 50,000 Irish criminals were sentenced to deportation to a penal colony for a number of years. Beginning with Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649,&nbsp;political prisoners were&nbsp;often deported and sent to Virginia and Maryland, until 1775.
+From 1611 to 1870, more than 50,000 Irish 'criminals' (consisting mostly of those whom&nbsp;rose up in rebellion due&nbsp;to the government land seizures)&nbsp;were sentenced to deportation to a penal colony for a number of years. Beginning with Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649,&nbsp;political prisoners were&nbsp;often deported and sent to Virginia and Maryland, until 1775.
 '''<u>German</u>'''