Black History Month Ireland, why?

All I can do is give the source. Which is that book, not everything is online.

Anything credible is online, in one form or another. Just because it was in a book, doesn't make it to be true.

I'll give a good example. I remember from history class that Hitler and his Nazi's burned down the Reichstag, the German parliamentary building. I've seen the same perspective written in a variety of books, but the truth is that he simply took advantage of the situation. Rather it was someone else entirely, who had no connection with Nazi's who did the deed. But for decades, people assumed it to be true, and used various authors as proof... even though, those authors were mistaken in their assumptions.

If there had been Black people involved in the GPO per the original claim, you would be able to find a variety of references to them. It's not as if this isn't one of the biggest areas of focus for Irish history...

In 1920, Irish longshoremen in New York boycotted British shipping in support of Terence MacSwiney’s hunger strike. Their action spread and gained the support of black dock workers thanks to black political leader Marcus Garvey, who telegrammed Cork that MacSwiney had the support of “400,000,000 negroes'

In New York.

err... Are you a little confused of the topic we're discussing? Nobody is going to be surprised at Black people being in New York. Oh, and you might want to drop two zeros' from that claim. 400 million? Even 40k would be stretching belief by a fair margin. What was the population of Black people in New York at that time? I suspect it was much less than 400k.

1920 pop 5,620,048 black pop 152,467

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_New_York_City

sigh. Instrumental. Right.

Source?

You've quoted (It doesn't appear that you're paraphrasing) from the magazine, but not provided a link to the page for the rest of us to read.

Anyway... the piece you quoted doesn't reinforce any of your claims above. It just shows a connection existed.

I'm done trying to pin you down (since you've skipped on to something else each time). Three times is more than enough.

My problem is how the claims drifted

1. as many as 20 Black people involved in the defense of the GPO (not sourced), and one Black British soldier (sourced).
2. Then, the reference to New York.. who ignored the question as to why the reference was made, along with an absurd number of people involved.
3. that black people were connected with the Irish cause, who were apparently Instrumental for the cause.

I've no issue or disagreement that some Black people were involved in helping the Irish cause (Black people abroad). I'm sure that some people were very sympathetic, although, I also know that many Black people hated Irish people for their bigotry and racism.

My problem is how the claims drifted along, adding more vagueness as each one came along to the point that the overall question had been shifted.

You have given a single source that supposedly made the claim. If it was a valid claim, you would be able to provide a range of articles online to reinforce the claim.

1916 is one of the cornerstones of Irish history. The amount of attention given to the period is staggering, and the idea that there were 10-20 Black people involved in the defense of the GPO without it being mentioned in any of the online references is ridiculous. I also have read a wide range of books over the years about 1916 and there was no mention of Black people being involved on the Irish side of things. Which is why I'm objecting now.

As for whatever went on in the US, it's irrelevant.

It's irrelevant to:

First, the topic of Black history month in Ireland... [Unless it's a program about Republican support abroad]

Second, your claim that there were Black people defending the GPO.

As I said, I don't like revisionism. You made the claim about Irish history, and the presence of Black people. You have doubled down on this more than once, and yet, have failed to provide any proof that the rest of us can view, except some references to books, which apparently have no corresponding verification of it's information online.

That's why the US is irrelevant, and why I think you're deflecting, trying to move away from your claim. Smoke and mirrors.