A memorial for people who died or emigrated abroad during the Great Irish Famine will take place in Longford on May 19. This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place in Edgeworthstown ...

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 ...

Then came the Great Famine of 1845, a tragedy etched in Irish history. A disease called potato blight wiped out potato crops across the country. With their primary food source destroyed, over a ...

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

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Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine ... Some people emigrated to Great Britain and Australia, but most emigrated to America. Image caption, Many Irish people emigrated and ...

A Jewish group in Ukraine is objecting to a criminal case brought over the “Great Famine” committed in the 1930s. KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — A Jewish group in Ukraine is objecting to a criminal ...

The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ... viewers in 2017 for the extent to which the Irish suffered both during the 1840s famine and, while under English rule which was ...