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

Galway County Council has officially confirmed that the 2026 National Famine Commemoration will take place at the historic ...

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 ...

On February 11th, 2026, New Ross will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Dunbrody’s launch.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Famine is now occurring in Gaza City, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification released an analysis Friday, saying more than half a ...