... ten regions, giving each region to ten of his principal followers. This meant that each part of the land now had two owners - the rightful, native owner and the English invader. The English believed that the Irish were barbarians and as such they concurred that these 'wild men' had no right to the land. Laws were quickly drawn up in an overt attempt to bring the Irish natives 'into line' - subjugation was the early ploy by the English. It was not however until Queen Elizabeth I's reign that Ireland was fully under British Rule. It was also at this time that British statesmen actively believed that the best way to bring the Irish natives into line would be through widespread starvation. Thus, the British were thinking that Famine would be an ideal way to tame the 'barbarian Irish' two centuries before their will became fact. During Elizabeth's reign ...

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