Why don’t we celebrate them more, especially on Paddy’s day?
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Deep ties that aren’t spoken about or indeed celebrated enough.
Montserrat also had the capital town (Plymouth) wiped out in the mid 90’s by the island’s volcano. There were a couple of other villages with Irish sounding names (like Kinsale) wiped out as well.
Would love to visit some day, seems like there’s some shared history there.
I may have an opportunity to study abroad on a developing island nation. Strongly considering Montserrat because of the Irish connection.
I wish we gave these Caribbean communities the same attention we give our American and Australian based diaspora. I understand it’s smaller but it’s as distinct and interesting as say, the Irish heritage of Newfoundland. I hope they would feel welcome visiting us. Hate to imagine the loud mouthed fucking wankers blocking them in at the airport while shitbag Texans with six golf bags swan past on their way to Trump towers.
Ah, the Monserratians, a great bunch of lads.
You really can’t compare indentured servants to slaves. If you were a slave you didn’t have a name you were property like livestock if you had a child it was also owned by the slave master. Not saying indentured servants didn’t get treated badly or face racism but they just aren’t the same.
Outfit is 🔥
I remember seeing a clip on Facebook about this place. Lots of Irish surnames and when speaking English they all had heavy west cork accents.
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Why don’t we celebrate them more, especially on Paddy’s day?
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Deep ties that aren’t spoken about or indeed celebrated enough.
Montserrat also had the capital town (Plymouth) wiped out in the mid 90’s by the island’s volcano. There were a couple of other villages with Irish sounding names (like Kinsale) wiped out as well.
Would love to visit some day, seems like there’s some shared history there.
I may have an opportunity to study abroad on a developing island nation. Strongly considering Montserrat because of the Irish connection.
I wish we gave these Caribbean communities the same attention we give our American and Australian based diaspora. I understand it’s smaller but it’s as distinct and interesting as say, the Irish heritage of Newfoundland. I hope they would feel welcome visiting us. Hate to imagine the loud mouthed fucking wankers blocking them in at the airport while shitbag Texans with six golf bags swan past on their way to Trump towers.
Ah, the Monserratians, a great bunch of lads.
You really can’t compare indentured servants to slaves. If you were a slave you didn’t have a name you were property like livestock if you had a child it was also owned by the slave master. Not saying indentured servants didn’t get treated badly or face racism but they just aren’t the same.
Outfit is 🔥
I remember seeing a clip on Facebook about this place. Lots of Irish surnames and when speaking English they all had heavy west cork accents.