Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to everyone!

Here are a few episodes from Season one covering Irish History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPng0QMNL18 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2rp7ZXzQoE&t=279s  

We cover a lot of "Irish" topics on the podcast. The History of Ireland and Irish America is important in many of our wheelhouse topics like JFK and Organized Crime. It is important to understand Ireland's History of oppression under British Rule. Once you study the history, it is easy to see why Ireland is always in staunch support of Palestinian Civil rights. They view what's happening to the Palestinians as the same thing that happened to them under British rule. This understanding went into JFK's goal of battling colonialism and siding with nationalist leaders. He even mentioned this to India's Nehru when he complained about British colonialism. This also leads to the dark side of the Irish which is organized crime. The great author TJ English said the Irish gangsters in America were more violent than the Italians and this comes from a history of Oppression and discrimination (No Irish Need Apply). When you get a person who can really tap into the anger they become an unstoppable force like WHitey Bulger, Jimmy Coonan, Danny Green, and Bugs Moran to name a few. Even if you have no Irish Heritage or are not Catholic, you should celebrate this day. Today many minority groups are feeling the pressure as DEI and other civil liberties are attacked. It is important to remember a time when the Irish were the Immigrants that were discriminated against. They rose above it to become a force in America through Politics, Business, etc. They even put one of their own in the White House!