Statistics show that young, single Irish women were the largest group to immigrate to the U.S. in the late 19th and early ...

An Irish minister who delivered an impassioned speech at the 2026 International Famine Commemoration said that the British government was to blame for the Great Famine. Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described the Great Hunger of 1845-1852 as the most devastating and traumatic event in Irish history. The Taoiseach was speaking at Ireland's National Famine Commemoration ...

Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore ...

Ireland in 1860 by Bartholomew Colles Watkins. Bartholomew Colles Watkins/Wikimedia Maggie O’Farrell’s exquisite new novel, ...

In the decade following the 1845 appearance of the potato blight in Ireland, over 900,000 Irish emigrants entered New York, which was the biggest port in America. Later on, a census taken in 1855 ...

Lessons of “compassion, solidarity and humanity” learnt from the Irish Famine will “continue to resonate” with future generations, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. The 19th National Famine ...

In 1847, as hundreds of thousands were dying during the Irish potato famine, an American warship laden with food crossed the Atlantic. It was a humanitarian mission that changed the world. Sheets of ...

Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, Land, is published after the success of the film adaptation of Hamnet.

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...