u/PaintingSweet6912

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(For the Irish) Do you guys learn much about the diaspora in your social studies/history classes?

We learn very little about Irish History in America, which is very disappointing. Especially given the potential impact it could have on the diaspora. Makes sense why the Anglo avoids the topic when writing our textbooks.

We do learn a great deal about another diaspora, which is required by law in many states, tho.

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u/PaintingSweet6912 — 7 days ago

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What is your biggest “What If?” in Irish History?

Mine would be the end of Clontarf with Boru and his descendants being killed. What if they survived? Would the Dal gCais have been able to sustain power?

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u/PaintingSweet6912 — 8 days ago

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TIL an 18th-century Irish man who stood 7'7" and made a living as a freak show act was terrified surgeons would steal his corpse that he arranged a burial at sea, but a surgeon bribed his friends to hand over the body anyway, boiled it down to bones, and displayed it in a London museum for 200 years

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u/PaintingSweet6912 — 7 days ago