Shortly after her ascension to the throne, the Queen embarked on a 30,000-mile, six-month world tour to introduce herself to her subjects.
The tour saw her attend 223 receptions, give 157 speeches and.
We need to recognise Irish participation in the British colonial story Emigration is elephant in the room when thinking about Irish people and the Empire
Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 00:42 Niamh Gallagher
Between 1855 and 1863, some 24 per cent of Indian Civil Service recruits came from Irish universities, including Trinity College. Photograph: iStock
The violence and coercion exercised within the British Empire to acquire land, resources, and trading routes casts a long shadow on peoples and communities. The Ashanti Wars (1870s-1900s), Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), Anglo-Zulu War (1879), Anglo-Boer Wars (1880-1; 1899-1902), Occupation of Egypt (1882), Matabele Wars (1893-7), Amritsar massacre (1919), Mao Mao Uprising (1952-60) and Cypriot War of Independence (1955-9) are just some of the modern conflicts where the worst excesses of imperialism were employed.