By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The Great Famine, which took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, is something many of us learned about to some degree in school. It was a tale ...

four brothers struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s while facing persecution from an agent (Michael Kitchen) of their indifferent English landlord. Looking on in horror ...

Those in the know say the adenoidal twang is a blend of 'Irish, Welsh and ... into Liverpool between 1840 and 1850, driven from their homeland by the potato famine. Their accents merged with ...

A cover story in The Economist, entitled, The coming food catastrophe, compiled sobering facts regarding worldwide food ...

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 ...

Comfort food is the cornerstone of winter cooking in many homes - and nothing quite brings that cosy feeling like a hearty Irish stew ... perfectly with a soft potato topping.