▁Global res earch . ca ▁piece ▁from ▁its ▁website ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁after ▁ 8 2 ▁writers , ▁histor ians ▁and ▁academ ics ▁wrote ▁an ▁open ▁letter ▁condem ning ▁the ▁myth . ▁Scient ific ▁American ▁published ▁a ▁blog ▁post , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁deb unk ed ▁in ▁the ▁open ▁letter , ▁and ▁later ▁heavily ▁re vised ▁the ▁blog ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁incorrect ▁historical ▁material . ▁ ▁Writing ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁Li am ▁Stack ▁noted ▁that ▁in ac cur ate ▁" I r ish ▁sla very " ▁claims ▁" also ▁appeared ▁on ▁Irish Cent ral , ▁a ▁leading ▁Irish - American ▁news ▁website ." ▁ ▁Irish Cent ral ' s ▁publish er ▁Ni all ▁O ' D ow d ▁then ▁wrote ▁an ▁op - ed ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁states ▁that ▁" there ▁is ▁no ▁way ▁the ▁Irish ▁slave ▁experience ▁mirror ed ▁the ▁extent ▁or ▁level ▁of ▁centuries - long ▁de grad ation ▁that ▁African ▁slaves ▁went ▁through ." ▁The ▁op - ed ▁then ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁draw ▁compar isons ▁between ▁indent ured ▁serv itude ▁and ▁sla very . ▁ ▁Li am ▁Hog an , ▁among ▁others , ▁critic ized ▁Irish Cent ral ▁for ▁being ▁slow ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁articles ▁from ▁its ▁website , ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁a histor ic ▁comparison ▁in ▁the ▁editor ial . ▁ ▁Se an ▁O ' Call ag han ' s ▁book ▁To ▁Hell ▁or ▁Barb ados ▁in ▁particular ▁has ▁been ▁critic ised ▁by , ▁among ▁others , ▁Dr ▁N ini ▁Rod gers