Hey there,

I want to very sincerely ask everyone's opinion on how visible and how much recognition Ireland receives as a culture as the guinea pig/ground zero for English imperialism abroad?

I think it's natural to side-line Ireland because it's "developed" and doing reasonably well - even though their population still hasn't recovered since the famine and diaspora, and the political troubles stemming from Northern Ireland still continue - but nevertheless, Ireland is not Palestine, it is not Iraq, or Syria, nor like any other victim of colonization and I recognize that. Ireland is privileged, and it is privileged because it is European.

That's probably the answer to my question right there, but another question I pose is should Ireland, in your opinion, be recognized MORE for their part in fighting against colonialism? Their 600 years of harassment against the British on the isle is something to note, Che Guevara is related to Irish rebels that partook in the Argentine Revolution (Lynches of Galway), a brigade of mostly Irish, but also several other European immigrants joined Mexico during the Mexican-American War (The Saint Patrick's Battalion), and Ireland has consistently been the only European nation to have majority vocal support for the Palestinian people and anti-Zionism and in 1980 endorsed the creation of a Palestinian State, the Irish are also deeply empathetically rooted to the Palestinian cause because of their own experience with ethno-religious oppression by the Ulster Loyalists and British government.

Ireland has enjoyed a special relationship with most of the world beyond the Imperial Core. The Ottoman Sultan even provided aid to Ireland during the artificial famine.

Is Ireland just too small in the grand scheme of history you think?

Thanks for the thoughts, feel free to critique but don't be rude please and understand the difference between a critique and criticism.

I wish you all peaceful skies.