The famine, Easter 1916, The Irish, and the Tigers. Ireland, Eire is a small place. A 'womb' of a place tucked into a space between the Atlantic ocean and the land that was long ago, known as England. If Earth is the jewel of the solar system, then Ireland is the diamond formed by the highest of pressures, at the heart of that jewel. It is solid, of diamond strength, but also etheric, and dewy eyed as the mist hits the fields. It builds resilience and strength, and awe at all the lifeforms that continue to bless it. Come to Ireland to build fortitude in the wind and the rain, and learn that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, on a rain wet beach or a dirt track onto fields... overlooking the Atlantic white horses racing in the ocean below. Bitten by many Tigers, and Coveted for its beauty, and its resources...Ireland has been stolen from, and Ireland has been 'informed' by that theft.... the bite marks then left the scars which become red roads into an economy that lead back to the Tigers. The tigers that eat up and devour, and consume the spirit of the land, taking from them, the people, the natural nourishment and spirit of the land... A landscape story built of rocks, slate, and thatch... blood sweat and tears, folding into many threads, of many colours and weaving into a tapestry... that'd have you weep. The Ireland I came form created family lineages already diverse in adversity and hardships, but crowned with a language and spirit (and spirituality) that touched the nerves of the gods, and that has spread out across the globe. Ancient mythology, lore and fact, which can't be pulled apart, produced a race of people, that meet and combine to form The Irish. Since a child, and coming into summertime in London, I always yearn for the Ireland I remember, and the summer run in the sun, and wind, and rainbowed puddles, over the beach and along the rocks. Tigers aside, somethings don't change. Michaela (".... conventional figures used to illustrate a country's economic performance do not capture the social cost of globalisation pressures. Link below. )

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1KGQMx2hfd/ XXXXX The Irish Remembered · From facebook today. 17 April at 16:30XXX · Scientists have a name for what your ancestors passed down. 🧬 It's called transgenerational epigenetic inheritance - and the research is real. Studies on populations who survived extreme famine and prolonged trauma, including descendants of Holocaust survivors and Irish Famine survivors, suggest that severe stress can alter how genes are expressed. Not the genes themselves, but the switches that turn them on and off. Those altered patterns can be inherited by children and grandchildren who never experienced the original trauma. In plain terms: your nervous system may carry the memory of the Famine. The hypervigilance. The tendency to scan a room. The deep discomfort with waste. The instinct to prepare for the worst even when life is good. Researchers believe these aren't personality quirks, they may be inherited survival adaptations, written into your biology by ancestors who had to stay alert to stay alive. This is one of the most extraordinary things about Irish heritage. The Famine didn't just shape history - it may have shaped you. ☘️ Hashtags: #IrishAmerican #Ireland #IrishAncestry #FamilyHistory #Genetics XXXXXXX and from https://www.pesmaastricht.com/post/the-celtic-tiger-a-story-of-ireland-s-economic-success XXX "Given emerging societal problems in Ireland, the legacy of the Celtic Tiger’s success presently amounts to a statistical illusion. The Irish economy may well have flourished under globalisation, but the conventional figures used to illustrate a country's economic performance do not capture the social cost of globalisation pressures. All in all, positive macroeconomic statistics make good press for foreign capital but do not necessarily translate to social prosperity. Other economies reliant on globalisation should take notes." Sources: Maynooth University, OECD, Politico, Statista, Technological University Dublin, The Irish Times, Trinity College, University College Cork Written by Luciana Aguilar Laurencich December 2023