The source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine has finally been identified. Researchers from North Carolina State […] The post The Source Of The Deadly Irish Potato Famine Has Ties To ...

Padraig Kirwan and LeAnne Howe on the generosity of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations Blighted Nation tells the story of the Great Irish Famine from the arrival of the blight to the long ...

Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history, second only to the Black Death pandemic in death toll estimates - the Great Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine ...

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

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine. This famine killed an estimated ... Some people emigrated to Great Britain and Australia, but most emigrated to America.

From the rich history of the nation's capital, Dublin, to heartbreaking stories of The Great Famine in Co Roscommon, there are fascinating things to be learned at Ireland's museums. Read more ...

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the enormous humanitarian contribution of Paul Strzelecki during the Great Famine ...

The American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) commemorates the 180th anniversary of Ireland's Great Hunger with a poignant ...

Daniel Corkery too wrote of “lighting up” a fading world in The Hidden Ireland, his classic study ... effort to recover a world lost with the Great Famine.

Resentment of Moscow in Ukraine has deep historical roots. In the Great Famine of the 1930s, as many as four million Ukrainians died during the forced collectivisation of farms by Soviet dictator ...