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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
An exhibition about a forgotten Polish hero from the Great Irish Famine, has launched in Tipperary today. Carrick-on-Suir ...
The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...
Dozens gathered at Penn's Landing on Monday on St. Patrick's Day to honor Irish immigrants who escaped to America following ...
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