Submitted 2 weeks ago by PP_BOY_@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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It can be hard to live in places where there’s little wood for heating, only a few crops for food that are subject to random blights, and an oppressive power next door stepping on your neck and trying to divide you from opportunity or independence.
Ireland is a beautiful place with a harsh history.
places where there’s little wood for heating
I wonder how that happened.
only a few crops for food that are subject to random blights
Not-so-fun-fact, ireland always had plenty of crops. It’s just that the English stole them all and only let them keep the potatoes. The scarcity was manufactured, and the blight wouldn’t have been as devastating if the rest of the crops weren’t being extracted.
The Ottomans tried sending food but the English rejected it because they thought it would make them look bad if a foreign government was helping and not them.
there’s little wood for heating
Plenty of sheep’s manure for that. Or peat.
and an oppressive power next door stepping on your neck
Got no argument there, but it does result in some kickass folk tunes.
Ireland is a beautiful place with a harsh history.
Yes, yes indeed.
I don’t know how true it is, but my understanding is that Ireland used to be quite well off for forests. But the English happened to them, and bit by bit, we successfully deforested 98% of the island.
This was widely considered a bad move.
I mean, it saved them from famine at the time. But today I’m thinking it’s about time to change direction and return to the old homeland.
Hey now, that’s a nice view
Perhaps they grew tired of the Brits starving and killing them?
Yeah, my ancestors are from Ireland and Italy. The Irish half escaped the famine and came here and procreated like it was going out of style. My family from Italy came over to escape the fascism (jokes on them). They brought with them the gabagool.
My ancestors were criminals. One was a horse thief in Norway and the other was a counterfeiter in Germany in the early 1800s. Both skipping their homelands around the 1850s, just ahead of the law. At least that’s what the family histories say that we can actually trace with reasonable accuracy.
I suppose we brought the lutefisk and lefsa from the Norwegian side and beer and sausages on the German side.
After the 5th year of eating maggotty potatoes they went somewhere to give their great-grandkids a future.
In springfield Missouri
If you’re starving you’ll move to anywhere that has food.
Yeah. They didn’t move for the scenery – they moved to get away from the man-made famine put upon them by the English.
You can’t eat the scenery.
Well, you can, but it doesn’t taste as good as it looks.
The best thing to do now is to visit Ireland and tell everyone in the village that an Irishman came near your great great great great grandmother once and how you feel spiritually connected to the land. Then ask where the Blarney stone is - they love that.
Order a black and tan before you leave!
No no an Irish Carbomb, the national drink!
Not having eaten in a week will do crazy things to you
Because they could get a job and afford a house in Missouri. They were escaping serfdom.
And famine.
Probably more to life than grass, rock, and water.
Nah that’s just what capitalism wants you to think. Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
Maybe they were big fans of meth.
Yeah, it’s not all about the view, otherwise Elon would be living on Mars.
Let’s send him to Mars, though.
To be fair the place was full of drinks.
Funny personal note, I can barely drink three bears without getting sick but I can drink whisky like a fish.
Fish and bears are natural enemies.
You been to St. Louis?
French and German city heritage checks out.
And took forever to get to the beach.
Where the locals eat steamed hams.
I wanna be a maelstrom in 1714 C.E.
I don’t get the title, please someone help and explain, it’s going to bug me.
He wants to sink the ship on which his grandparents left Ireland.
Ah! thank you, that makes sense :)
Wild guess here, and I’m not super clear what a maelstrom even is but I know it involves the sea, and those are the Cliffs of Moher in West Ireland. Perhaps the maelstrom has something to do with their origins?
I know a couple Irish people in 2026 CE that very gladly saw that and left for America.
I read Angela’s Ashes once… Well half of it. But it made me feel really angry and sad. So I think I’m basically Irish
Needs more b&t’s
sik0fewl@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Maybe they went there the same day I did.
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Signtist@bookwyr.me 2 weeks ago
Got the same view last week, haha!
kinther@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Still pretty cool. The mist gives it “we could dump a body here” vibes
TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
My thoughts exactly.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Breathtaking
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
The fog gives it ambience, I don’t want all my hikes to look like shutterstock images