Failure of the potato crop evoked horrific memories for some who had lived through the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s ...

Overall population of island in 2022 stood at 7.1M people, up 26% over 20 years since 2002, new research finds - Anadolu ...

“Nobody knew about it in Ireland except maybe famine historians,” he says. “People were moved by it.” The following year Mullan visited the Choctaw of Oklahoma and thanked them for the gift.

The Famine Memorial in Dublin Ireland is a collection of statues designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and presented to the city of Dublin in 1997. The statues depict the ...

Since the city's establishment in the 1820s, Indianapolis has been a magnet for immigrants seeking opportunity and refuge.

There Irish famineknown in the Gaelic language as An gorta mór and in English as Great Irish Faminehit Ireland between ...

Travel guides can tell you a lot about a country. But locals often have stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else.

Legendary musician Tommy Hayes has assembled a formidable troupe of Irish musicians for his latest project, The Garden where the Praties Grow, a documentary that intertwines the cultural significance ...

A senior Conservative MP appeared to make “offensive and insensitive” comments about the Irish potato famine, the Commons has heard. Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, responding to a ...

As one traditional (if woefully out-dated) rhyme explains: Boxty on the griddle, Boxty in the pan, If you can't make boxty, You'll never get your man. Traditional Irish boxty recipe Yield: about 4 ...

In the pretty harbour town of Cobh, tucked into Cork's vast bay, the waterfront tells a fascinating story of mass emigration, dreams of America and some of history's most tragic maritime disasters.The ...

President [WT] Cosgrave’s sharp observations on the subject of the Press may have been provoked by irritating and unwise ...