Why did Winston Churchill dislike the Irish?

Churchill has been criticised for advocating the use of chemical weapons - primarily against Kurds and Afghans. "I cannot understand this ... "But what he does tragically in the case of the Bengal famine is show absolutely zero advance [since] the Irish famine 100 years earlier. read more

Winston Churchill didn’t dislike the Irish but he did hate Irish nationalism. The idea of Ireland’s leaving either the United Kingdom or British Empire was anathema to him. In the end, he grudgingly accepted the former, but the latter was a step too far because it entailed disavowing allegiance to the king, a line that in his view must never be crossed. read more

Churchill subsequently helped negotiate the Treaty which ended the Irish War of Independence, but divided Ireland between North and South. Although this would no doubt make him a hate figure to some Irish nationalists, it would not be fair to blame Churchill for the division of Ireland. He behaved as pragmatic British statesman on this issue. read more

The fact that we now live in a world where a free and independent India is a superpower eclipsing Britain, and a grandson of the "savages" is the most powerful man in the world, is a repudiation of Churchill at his ugliest – and a sweet, ironic victory for Churchill at his best. read more