The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest failed ... With few other choices, many Irish people decided to leave Ireland and emigrate. Emigration means leaving your own country to ...

Pat Uniacke is a champion hurler, not a golfer, but on Sunday he drove his construction truck up from San Bruno just to stand at an overlook of the 17th tee at San Francisco’s Lincoln Park golf course ...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. On Monday, many will pretend to be Irish, wear green and maybe find an excuse to drink green beer ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish ... the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between 1845 and 1849, decimating Ireland's population and resulting in emigration ...

"I want to talk about Ireland. Specifically, I want to talk about the famine..." Credit: Mashable Composite; Paul Bergen / Redferns / Getty / TikTok Sinéad O'Connor's life was marred with ...