📜 Irish Potato Famine: Isle of Blight - The potato blight hit the United States first before it came to Ireland (and other countries). But what made it particularly devastating in Ireland was ...

The Irish don't even call it the potato famine. They call it An Gorta Mor, The Great Hunger, because it wasn't really our fault. - Potato, please.

In “Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York,” Anbinder uses the bank records to dispel a myth that’s prevailed for generations about the 1.3 million Irish ...

The Irish potato famine of 1845–52 resulted in more than a million deaths. Another million people were displaced, and Ireland’s population was reduced by about 25%.

Early summer’s rainy, humid weather created exactly the sort of conditions suitable for the spread of potato blight ...

The Irish Potato Famine moniker came from outside of the Emerald Isle. In Ireland alone, as many as 1.25 million died because of the famine, while 1 million emigrated voluntarily or by force, ...

P. infestans made its way to Ireland, which heavily depended on potatoes — they were a staple food for at least two-thirds of the population, including many agricultural laborers. The pathogen struck ...

He’s a chip off the old block. A new dad who comes from a long line of cops and firefighters — dating back to the Irish potato famine — was promoted at an FDNY ceremony Friday along with ...

Let’s say an Irish family previously bought 4 pounds of potatoes for $1 a pound each and 1 pound of meat for $2, spending $6 in total. If potatoes jump to $2 a pound and meat increases to $2.10 ...