A native tribe gave money to Ireland in the middle of the famine. I forget which one. Britain was exporting food while people were starving because they did not want people to become dependent on welfare.
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It was the Choctaws, donated £170 (£5000.00 in today’s money) in 1847. There is a sculpture dedicated to this in Cork named kinder spirit, and a commemorative plaque in Dublin. Ireland has provided scholarships to Choctaw nation in thanks with 1st student taking this offer up in 2019
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Right. I remember Britain being especially cruel to the Irish which makes Northern Ireland all the more infuriating.
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It was the Choctaw Nation that gave Ireland the money.
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Visit the Choctaw memorial at Midleton, east Cork. It's a wonderful sculpture.
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and ireland has reciprocated. when the feds were trying to build the pipeline at standing rock, many irish came over to stand with the water protectors.
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That is so cool!
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The Choctaw Nation. They had an incredible history of deprivation themselves, forced off their lands in 1831, and embarked on a 500-mile trek to Oklahoma called “The Trail of Tears.” Ironically the man who forced them off their lands was Andrew Jackson, the son of Irish immigrants.
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