In the art world ... coalowner in Durham. His Irish workers had a similar opinion of him because it was said that while he was spending £15,000 restoring Mount Stewart in 1847, at the height of the ...

Doagh Famine Village, an open-air museum with thatched cottages set up about the 19th century, and the results of the potato famine ... dedications to Irish saints, and a good dose of peace.

Around 200 cups, in Europe alone, are said to be the Holy Grail. But what makes one cup holy - but not another?

The idea of a quest is a constant theme in literature, art and movies ... “This was conflated with Celtic, Irish, Welsh and pre-Christian narratives about objects imbued with power,” she ...

County Roscommon had been hit very hard by “The Great Hunger,” otherwise known as the potato famine. The county had lost thirty ... Mary may have met her future husband through the community of Irish ...

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

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

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

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.