It is better to hold your silence and be thought a fool than too speak or write and remove all doubt.

The mid-1800s Depopulation of Ireland was called exactly that by the British Press at the time. Depopulation and Ethnic Cleansing are nothing new.

The English Speaking reaction in the USA and Canada was quite negative.

Anti-Catholic Riots occurred in both Countries. They were only averted in New York by a threat to turn the City into "another Moscow" (burnt to deprive Napoleon of shelter) if authorities didn't do their duty to suppress riots.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-depopulation-of-ireland-from-illustrated-london-news

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-the-great-hunger

http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/nativist-riots-of-1844/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursuline_Convent_riots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_riots

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/03/14/19th-century-toronto-irish-immigrants-a-lesson-in-upward-mobility.html