Answer:
In my opinion, as a Irish-English girl yes they did. They left Ireland to a handful of englishmen, and those englishmen were landlords to those of Ireland. The Irish popualtion were used as potatoe farmers. They were not compansated for their work. And most were left to starve. Ireland was full of poverty. And disease. The only wealthy people in Ireland were the English occupied areas. It quite sad.
If you look up the history of Ireland, you would be shocked.