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[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Was it to get more colonists for America? Many Irish went there because of the famine or am I mixing up stuff?

[–] gsdsam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago

"According to legend, the Sultan had originally intended to send £10,000, but either British diplomats or his own ministers requested that the Sultan send only £1,000, so as not to violate protocol by donating more than Queen Victoria, who had sent £2,000."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland%E2%80%93Turkey_relations#History

The Great Hunger is a masterclass in British Colonialism not giving a single fuck.

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