In the mid-19th century, a microscopic invader swept across Ireland, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. The potato ...

When it comes to one of the most infamous disasters in Irish history, there's still more to be learned, including exactly ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

During the Famine it was not uncommon to find the living and the dead stretched side by side on filthy straw on the ‘sleeping ...