The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

Irish ate more pork than beef, but English demands and low prices in the U.S. played a role in creating the annual holiday ...

Two farmers are regrowing the Irish linen industry while restoring wildlife, reconnecting communities, and regenerating food ...

In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...

Exploring the socio-economic, political and ideological systems that made the Irish poor vulnerable to disaster ...

I did cook the requisite corned beef, cabbage and potatoes, yesterday, the Holy Day, March 17. I also offered a meatless ...

The Irish have endured famine, oppression, and war. Rather than succumbing to these miseries, they defied pain and suffering ...

But the Irish Great Famine was not a return to the past ... Ireland began to export more food. Landlords subdivided their estates to generate rent. Potatoes, which produced good yields on small ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

There are other ways to celebrate Ireland and Irish American culture in Buffalo, just in time for the holiday.

Irish traditions, English meddling and a famine all have something to do with the annual holiday meal. Cattle in Ireland weren't used for their meat, but for working in the fields, milk and dairy ...