WHEN GENOCIDE BECAME "FAMINE" : IRELAND, 1845 - 1850

What brought the impact of this historical event to me was reading about the monument recently built in Ireland to honor the Cherokee Nation. As many of you may already know, the Cherokee's sent a financial contribution to the Irish people in the 1840's to help ease starvation they were experiencing. This gesture was made by a group who themselves experienced great hardship and loss of life at the hands of the US government. The similarities of experiences between these two peoples is striking.
Intentional genocide perpetrated by British occupiers and what Native Americans experienced at the hands of European colonizers and later the US government. Here it's been 500 years of colonization since Columbus. In Ireland, can it be said colonization begin 700 years ago with the Norman Invasion?
Calling for an apology from the British government for crimes committed against the Irish people.