His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.

Notwithstanding the Act of Union, which purported to amalgamate two “sister kingdoms”, Ireland was not governed as if it were as British as Finchley. And during the Famine “the legacies of ...

An exhibition about a forgotten Polish hero from the Great Irish Famine, has launched in Tipperary today. Carrick-on-Suir ...

Jane’s fiercely unforgiving tone was adopted by militant Irish nationalists for whom the famine stood as the ultimate proof of English perfidy. But in her poem, too, the victims appear as an ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

Dozens gathered at Penn's Landing on Monday on St. Patrick's Day to honor Irish immigrants who escaped to America following ...