A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

The above newspaper illustration is one of the most iconic images from Ireland’s Great ... and survived, during Ireland's Famine years of 1845 - 1852. But the woman is not a mere symbol.

a short film and it's heavy on photos." "Even if you don't know anything about the Famine hopefully you'll still find it very interesting." To learn more about The Irish Potato Famine Exhibition ...

Belfast City Council is planning to recognise the burial ground thousands of people who died during the Irish famine in ...

Armstrong, reading aloud from a pamphlet, informed them about an event taking place on the far side of the Atlantic and of no obvious interest to the Choctaw people: the Great Famine in Ireland.

The Great Famine, also known as The Great Hunger, is a significant chapter in Irish history and a tragedy that had enduring effects on the nation. There are numerous ways to learn about this ...

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 ...

While St. Patrick's Day is mostly a day of celebration – it also gives us an excuse to learn more about Irish history. In his new book, "Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine," Historian ...

Donations to Irish people from indigenous communities in Canada during the Great Famine - valued at around €12,000 today - have been "hidden in plain sight", a professor has said. The donations ...