Well, perhaps, but isn't it a case of a nation with a chip on it's shoulder as much as anything else? The fault has always been with the British rather than it being just one of those things. The famine was a problem of all the eggs inn one basket, with no diversity of diet or alternative economy sources. It's probably remembered because many of the Irish went to America, and America has a voice.
The problem seems to be with the response to the famine, in that not enough was done to prevent hardship, but perhaps the same could be said of any event. What did we do as a nation for the Japanese Tsunami? I know that we are not a sovereign power over them, but how would we feel if the Japanese had a go over our lack of response?
Of course, hsitorically Ireland was given to the English by the Pope, who insisted that, I think, Henry II invade and get them in line.
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