No one will deny that Ireland has had its share of hard times. From adverse policies implemented by Britain to inequality abroad, the Irish have weathered countless struggles and horrors. Despite ...

The Great Hunger, or the potato famine, devastated Ireland, causing 1 million deaths and driving two million to flee, reshaping Ireland and the Americas.

Its effect on the potato gives “ Rot,” a vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine by the historian Padraic X. Scanlan, its title.

A new dad who comes from a long line of cops and firefighters — dating back to the Irish potato famine — was promoted at an FDNY ceremony Friday along with dozens of other proud smoke-eaters.

Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland suffered an appalling famine after the repeated failure of the potato crop, its national staple. But though caused by a natural blight, a combination of ancient ...

In the summer of 1847 up to 3 million people received a free meal costing less than 1p (one and a half old pennies).By early 1847, the potato crop that the majority of the Irish people depended on ...

The Queen's death sparked a discussion on about the Famine as part of a conversation about colonialism and imperialism and the late royal's role in it.

1850s: Irish Potato Famine spikes popularity of Halloween In the 1850s, the Irish potato famine prompted immigrants to flood into the United States.

A large portion of Irish immigrants moved to the United States during the Great Potato Famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1849. The majority of immigrants who traveled to Kansas by 1870 were from ...