When a devastating blight struck the potato crops, it unleashed a famine of unimaginable proportions, leaving a profound ...

Examine the events that led to the Irish famine, setting a crisis into motion in Europe. Examine the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Irish famine to occur, setting a crisis ...

The National Famine Way Commemorative Walk, which takes place over six days and traverses six counties, is set to begin on Monday. The six-day walk will begin at the National Famine Museum in ...

The Irish potato famine of 1845–52 resulted in more than a million deaths. Another million people were displaced, and Ireland’s population was reduced by about 25%. The cause of widespread potato rot ...

On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great Irish famine that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus of Irish refugees and ...

This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The annual public ceremony, which will be broadcast on RTÉ News Now channel, will ...

Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they... An international group of plant pathologists has ...

History tells us who we are and how the past has shaped us. This is a commonly expressed truism, but in Ireland’s case, our ...

Author upends more than 150 years of assumptions about the approximately 1.3 million immigrants from Ireland who came to the United States during and just after the Great Famine of the 1840s. Tourists ...