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New research finds that the long‑term health impacts of the Great Irish Famine varied by region and socioeconomic conditions ...
Between 1848 and 1850 over four thousand orphan girls aged between 14 and 18 years were shipped to Australia from workhouses ...
Limerick TD and Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O’Donovan announced that the 2025 National Famine Commemoration would ...
The Famine Memorial marks the end of the National Famine Way, a 165-kilometer trail retracing the path of thousands who ...
The National Famine Way roadshow will call to seven locations along the route of the long distance trail this month and into ...
On a bright spring morning in Cloonlavis, near Knock in Co Mayo, volunteers from the Gaelic Woodland Project and Shareridge planted native oaks, alders, willows, birches, spindles, and hawthorns ...
A group of Irish Defence Forces veterans have set off on a 170km march along Ireland’s historic Famine Trail, raising vital ...
The gathering and brief ceremony are open to the public; all are welcome with attendees encouraged to assemble about 9:30 a.m ...
As we look ahead to another Trophy Day at Paradise on Saturday (May 17), we are delighted to confirm that Celtic will be ...
The international response to the Great Irish Famine will be the central theme of the upcoming Famine Summer School.
KILMALLOCK councillor Greg Conway was one of those involved in the organising of the events of the Famine memorial this ...
We set out to understand how a disaster as terrible as the Great Irish Famine (1845–1852), one of the worst famines in history, can affect the long‑term health of the people who survived it.