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The Colony, Achill

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 21 older comments, and then…
• Kanagaratnam Kasipillai said:

  Thx

• oaktree_brian_1976 said:

  Christian village.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  It's called a "Missionary Settlement" on the 25" OSI Map (and the 6".)

• Sharon Corbet said:

  History Ireland has a fairly long article on the Colony, including its founding, the attitude of the Catholic Church toward it, and its final demise. One interesting note during the Famine:
  
  "ut Nangle initially distributed aid to the starving of Achill in accordance with strict principles. The aim of the mission was to convert the inhabitants to the Protestant faith, so pressure was put on the recipients of food aid and work to convert. This earned Nangle the derogatory labels of ‘souper’ and ‘Black Protestant’, but the truth was more complex. As the situation grew more desperate, and the island became totally reliant on the colony for relief, Nangle abandoned the principle of food for conversion, and distributed aid freely. However, he stipulated that the able-bodied must work for relief, and that only one member of each family could work at the colony."

• beachcomber australia said:

  I spy with my little eye - something beginning with "D". Near the gate.