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In between O’Mahony’s brace, Cian O’Sullivan saw his effort deflected into the Cork net. But every second-half score the Dubs ...
The new musical The Wind Comes Over the Sea follows the lives of two Irish immigrants in the 1940s, brought back to life by ...
Bob Geldof has rejected the idea that he is a “white saviour” due to his charity work in Africa. The Irish musician and ...
Since the city's establishment in the 1820s, Indianapolis has been a magnet for immigrants seeking opportunity and refuge.
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Four Courts blaze that destroyed the Public Record ...
The potato was still the main source of food for many of the poor in Ireland.Commenting on the inability to save turf, the ...
In 1995, Mullan invited White Deer to Ireland to lead the Famine Walk, and in 1997, on the 150th anniversary of the Choctaw gift, the Irish government commissioned him to paint a symbolic ...
The central contention in 'Rot' is that Westminster’s response to the starvation was defined by its overarching commitment to the principles of the free market ...
As a result, poverty was widespread in Ireland. When the potato famine occurred in 1845, the potato harvest in Ireland was poor, and many people suffered from hunger.
Irish exceptionalism is to be avoided, but this condition really is exceptional. And so is the astonishing fact that one of the two main museums dedicated to memory of the Great Famine has ...