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Early summer’s rainy, humid weather created exactly the sort of conditions suitable for the spread of potato blight ...
Failure of the potato crop evoked horrific memories for some who had lived through the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s ...
€584,378 has been awarded and divided among eight cross-border research collaborations, one of which will focus on a disease that causes potato blight. File picture Wed, 04 Jun, 2025 - 11:01 ...
The Zeeks, Everments and others were beggared refugees from hunger in Germany’s Palatinate in the early 1700s with few skills ...
Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. Combine the flour mixture with the raw potatoes, the leftover mashed potatoes, and the eggs. Add enough mix to make a batter.
There are famine memorials dedicated to the Irish Great Hunger all over the world but the location and history of the famine memorial in Dublin, Ireland, is perhaps one of the most interesting and ...
In 1995, Mullan invited White Deer to Ireland to lead the Famine Walk, and in 1997, on the 150th anniversary of the Choctaw gift, the Irish government commissioned him to paint a symbolic ...
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 ...
Rwanda plans to pilot the growing of three biotech crops, namely cassava, Irish potato and maize to evaluate their performance on farmers' fields by the end of 2025 - ahead of potential nationwide ...
President [WT] Cosgrave’s sharp observations on the subject of the Press may have been provoked by irritating and unwise ...
From Famine to feast: the Irish seaweed revival. ... But at the back of it, they’d be dying for a bit themselves to simmer and eat with onions and potatoes.
A University of Florida scientist on the front lines of food production outlines a strategy.