[Olog-hai]

That was Irish on Irish cruelty. Remember that there was an Irish noble class as well. They exerted the same level of cruelty over their own no matter whether under human-sacrificing Druidism or either brand of organized Christianity. And it was their own will, too.

BTW, before the Irish named themselves and the island that the Romans called Hibernia after the false goddess Éire (aka Ériu, daughter of Mac Gréine or “son of the sun” in English—recognize the connection to Ba’al? whereas Éire was an earth goddess like Gaia), did you know that they called themselves by the name Britani . . . ?

[Happy Rain]

Irish Nobility under English rule were treasonous collaborators and shameless toadies of the British “lords” who exported food from Ireland while millions starved on the streets--considered inconvenient “speed bumps” to the gilded English carriages collecting their “rents.”

You can't beat the Irish for grievances FRiend...but really, it doesn't matter now...my ancestors owned slaves in Virginia during the 17th and 18th Centuries and I don't bear any responsibility for it at all—people of their times judged through the ignorance of detached hindsight by their progeny cannot make them rest less easily in their graves.
The UK and Israel are America's most valued friends and allies and that is what counts- old historical grudges notwithstanding.

[Natural Law]

"They exerted the same level of cruelty over their own no matter whether under human-sacrificing Druidism or either brand of organized Christianity."

Ireland maintained a Celtic legal system until the arrival of the Normans in which land and title belonged to a family forever. Fealty was pledged by a family or clan to which ever of the competing lords promised them the best deal.

This changed with the arrival of the Normans. the land was titled by the crown to whomever served their immediate interests best. The Irish have never completely accepted this and this has been the crux of the dispute for over 800 years.