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How Ireland Was England's Blueprint for African Colonisation

The forgotten shared history of Jamaica, Ireland and Africa hidden in accents and words

Alkebulanians,

A week ago I came across a video of Thomas Gould, an Irish politician that spoke in an accent I thought was Jamaican. After I found out he’d never been to Jamaica and the way he spoke was authentically Irish, I went on a journey of historical discovery that has been astounding.

The startling similarity between Irish and Jamaican accents is…

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