Still waiting on the reparations...
i was around when we still had signs on pubs in London "no dogs no Irish"
the no Irish thing was mainly aimed at gypsies rather than Irish people during the 1980s anyway
but this still gave landlords the discretion not to admit Irish "sounding" people if they wanted to
and this was only 30 years ago, going back further into history it was said that Irish folk were direct decedents of black people
although the irish had white skin they were not regarded as the same ethnic grouping as English white people
combine that with the potato famine and the N Ireland troubles it gives a picture to me anyway
that the English regarded the Irish as an inferior race that it could pick on or held in contempt
which is the same way they felt about black people
the irish would be on the victims of the world league table although below the jew and negro of course
perhaps something like this although i'm sure everyone has their own idea of how the list should look
victims of the world in order of hardship suffered
1 children
2 women
3 black
4 Chinese
5 Jew
6 Russian
7 Irish
8 homosexual
9 gypsy
10 white people/polish/Christians
only making 7th place, this might entitle the Irish to free Guinness or something
don't think you are high up enough to get any land or jewgold though