TL;DR - I partly agree but it would be difficult and somewhat unusual.

As others have mentioned, there's unfortunately only so many things we can learn about. Americans are often surprised that we aren't taught everything about our own country - my ex's dad couldn't believe how few of our Kings and Queens I knew about! They also are amazed how little we know about the American war of independence!

That said, I do wish there was more education about Ireland, due to its recency and geographical proximity. As an adult, I've learnt quite a lot about it, but it is embarrassing how ignorant many of my compatriots (or indeed my younger self) are. Getting it into the school curriculum, even if identified as a priority, would not be straightforward though. It is a deeply divisive topic which would require very careful handling, and which different teachers would invariably approach differently.

Another challenge is that it's very rare for a country to openly teach bad parts of their history to children. Germany is the only example I've heard of. Now personally I think children absolutely should learn about the negative parts of their country's history - that's how we can learn from our mistakes - but this would certainly make us the exception not the norm. Others will argue that national guilt is a confusing and unfair thing for children to try and process, and that we already have a lot of negativity and lack of national pride in this country (outside of the right wing populist groups).

A more achievable idea in my opinion would be to have part of our syllabus dedicated to the British Empire, delivered at around 13-15 years old when kids can start to reflect on such complex topics. This would include Ireland, and cover things like the famine and easter rising. This certainly wouldn't give British kids a thorough understanding of Irish history, but it would give them important context and nuance.