On the flip side, without the Clearances much of North America's, Australia's, and New Zealand's recent histories would be significantly different.
You would of thought then, if they had themselves been displaced, they wouldnt of gone to (for Example NZ) and assisted the Government (Crown etc) in dispossessing another group of native people (Maori) of their land.

And having taken / purchased and or used other means to get the land, they wouldnt let them turn it in the exact same thing, after all, NZ is one big dairy and sheep farm...

Where is the ironry in that...

(This coming from some whos Irish family members were some of the orginal Fencible settlers in NZ)