◾️ “..a million of swords will not do them (the Irish) so much harm as a winter of famine”....
..“ploughing and breaking up the barbarous Irish nation then sowing the soil with seeds of civility”..
- Arthur Chichester
(There are many streets & locations named after this…
OTD 1601 Chichester getting his murder on-reported raids across Lough Neagh 'in which journeys we have killed above 100 people of all sorts, besides such as were burnt, how many I know not. We spare none of what quality or sex soever, & it hath bred much terror'
#nineyearswar
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Chichester's method of procedure was simply to do away with (exterminate) the helpless Irish inhabitants by every means fair or foul; but as... "the sword killed no multitudes".. from the fact they ran away and hid themselves in bogs and woods, Instead of standing patiently…
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Famine, Fire and Slaughter....
..a genocidal apocalypse 👇
'Famine followed the footsteps of Mountjoy, who devastated the country through which he passed, destroying the crops as he went, and leaving in his wake nothing save desolation and death.
"Mountjoy", says Mr.…
To confirm: Chichester Street in Belfast was specifically and deliberatately named after Arthur Chichester. Baron of Belfast.
The 'Hammer of the Gaels'.
@1798walkingtour
It's egs like these that have a direct impact on argument about the 'famine'. Throughout Irish history they've used famine as implement of war. Throughout the empire. Tried here first. By 19th cent they were more careful about saying it out loud.
Can we really call it famine?
@1798walkingtour
When Ireland is one again all traces of this murderous thug must be removed from our streets. All of his murderous activities were carried out with the approval of an English queen.
@1798walkingtour
Why?
1598 appointed Governor of Carrickfergus, following the death of his brother, Sir John Chichester, killed at the Battle of Carrickfergus It is said that Sir John Chichester was decapitated, and his head was used as a football by the MacDonnell clan after their victory.