The 1945 famine has been fading into obscurity, despite its crucial role in the country’s independence fight. Remembering Vietnam’s Great Famine – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...

Reading that historical account of philanthropy in the 1800s led Shrout on a quest that spanned 15 years as she researched the international aid that came to the Irish people during the Great Famine, ...

The New Dunbrody Famine Ship experience will be located in New Ross, Co Wexford.It is expected to generate €9 million and support 36 jobs in the first 10 years.

1847 was the darkest year in the spiralling horror of the Great Irish Famine. It is known in Ireland as 'Black '47'. The British Government withdrew its support, leaving famine and disease to stalk ...

But the Irish Great Famine was not a return to the past. It was a complex and modern political, ecological and economic disaster, shaped by Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom, and in the ...

In December 1843, work on the workhouse in Athy was completed. The first inmates were admitted to the workhouse on 9 January ...

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

A Listowel pastoral event commemorating the troubled lives of those who were buried at the Teampall Bán famine graveyard took ...