Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands of miles away. A study that examined the DNA of Phytophthora (P.) ...

A genetic investigation has finally tracked down the source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine, closing a case that has been up in the air for years. Researchers nailed down the Andes ...

North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history ... estimates - the Great Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between ...

Oftentimes, history books completely overlook or sanitize uncomfortable truths from history... Warning: This post contains mentions of racism, death, animal death, drugs, war, and forced sterilization ...

The situation was made worse by the Corn Law, which kept the price of corn too high for Irish people to afford to buy it. However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest failed again in 1846 ...

Researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans, originated. Call it a mystery solved.

2.The Irish potato famine was, in part, caused by the British government: During the summer of 1845, a "blight of unusual character" began overtaking Ireland's potato crop — the country's main ...