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

Learn about Black ’47, the year 75,000 Irish refugees fleeing the Famine landed on Montreal’s wharves. The tour visits key sites associated with this tragedy, such as the locations of fever sheds, ...

Exploring the socio-economic, political and ideological systems that made the Irish poor vulnerable to disaster ...

Plus - Early Music Day is this Friday, celebrated every year on 21 March: JS Bach's birthday, spring equinox. Vlad will have ...

In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

St. Patrick's Day is a week away, which makes now a fine time to read "Emerald Thread: The Irish in Buffalo." Timothy Bohen's ...

The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...

Instead, he cites reams of evidence to show that famine is not imminent. He also points out that Malthus became less pessimistic after a few years and cheekily observes that “Malthus was not a ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

Ex-SNP MP Mhairi Black has said that neurodiversity is treated as a “fad”, comparing it to being in the closet due to stigmatisation. In a column for The National, Ms Black, who was diagnosed ...