Great changes have come over Ireland since the famine year. Emigration has thinned her population to an extent which some Irish patriots profess to deplore, but which should at least moderate ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record ...

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine. This famine killed an estimated one million people either from starvation or disease. Thousands of people emigrated to America across the ...

Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence ...

Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to combat crop diseases.

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...