“They planted settlers and called it peace. We buried martyrs and called it memory.”
Beyond the British Spell
Before India. Before Africa. There was Éire.
“We were the test. The prototype.
Empire sharpened its teeth on our hunger.”
— The Colonized Voice
The British Empire didn’t start in Asia or Africa — it began with a neighbor.
Ireland, subjugated, starved, divided, and experimented upon for over 800 years, served as the template for everything that followed:
🌾 The Great Famine (An Gorta Mór)
Starvation amidst export — a calculated erasure by economic neglect.
📜 Penal Laws & Plantation Strategy
How Britain tested divide-and-rule: Catholic vs. Protestant, native vs. settler.
🔫 Resistance and Rebellion
From the Irish Rebellion of 1798 to the Easter Rising of 1916 — and the brutal British crackdown.
✂️ Language & Lore Suppression
Eradicating Irish Gaelic, oral traditions, and mythology to sever cultural identity.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| 🎙️ Narration | Told through a rebel bard’s unfinished poem — half remembered, half resurrected |
| 🎥 Visual Style | Cold tones, fog, candlelit interiors, famine-scarred landscapes |
| 🎶 Sound Design | Uilleann pipes, sean-nós vocals, the sound of boots and silence |
| ⏳ Structure | Begins in 1601 → spirals through uprisings, starvation, and finally 1921 |
“They planted settlers and called it peace. We buried martyrs and called it memory.”
“History began with blood. But memory ends with fire.”