Comments by "KO" (@ko0974) on "The Real Five Points, The Neighborhood That Inspired 'Gangs of New York'" video.

I'm sorry you gghf was killed ..but Scott's Hated The Irish back than already... Scott's were planters in Ireland throughout it's 800 year occupation..they also were the people in charge / torturing / enslaving of the Irish in all the Colonies...so not like needed the excuse....may I ask how did they know in the riot it was Irish that accidentally banged into scaffolding and not Italian. American etc ..why would he have been up on scaffolding if a riot going on ?
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What ? Are you talking about the battles with English forces ? Or clan fights .,or just couple fights ? Irish were in middle of famine so not sure much fighting going on in Ireland
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but he self identifies as Irish..
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@christopherlynch9006 yeah I read about that thanks 35 of them drowned. Feuding families, escalated to mass brawls didn't generally end with deaths but alot of injuries. Very similar to how travellers call each other for a fight , and both sides meet at a designated Area...or when two feuding families meet at funerals and weddings . Once saw bacterioochht ,..beating with sticks, it came back to me!
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