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Hear is another similar story with a twist from English royalty: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/generous-turkish-aid-irish-great-hunger https://www

• frabbit 6y ago
  That is particularly galling. It is interesting that the story was challenged in its totality when (ex) president Mary Robinson mentioned it during a visit to Turkey (she incorrectly stated that the heraldic coat of arms of Drogheda town contained a star-and-crescent in gratitude for this act, whereas it was the emblem of an earlier English military governor).