International Rescue Committee: What is famine? What causes it, and how to stop it
Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they... An international group of plant pathologists has ...
National Catholic Reporter: Catholics join in Chicago international commemoration of Ireland's Great Famine
MSN: FactCheck: Are evictions in Ireland at the highest rate since the Great Famine?
FactCheck: Are evictions in Ireland at the highest rate since the Great Famine?
JSTOR Daily: Population and Poverty in Ireland on the Eve of the Great Famine
We revisit the link between demographic pressure and economic conditions in pre-Famine Ireland and harness highly disaggregated parish-level data from the 1841 census in our analysis. The results ...
Population and Poverty in Ireland on the Eve of the Great Famine
In the 1840s, a catastrophic famine brought about the decimation of Ireland’s poor and the exodus of millions from the island. This major, ground-breaking documentary, narrated by Liam Neeson, ...
Irish Central: Ireland's Great Famine: Canadian indigenous aid to the Irish honored
Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada Eamonn McKee is following in the footsteps of Famine emigrants from Strokestown, in Roscommon, to Dublin with a group of walkers along the National Famine Way. The ...
Post and Courier: Commentary: Remember the famine in Ireland and help prevent another in Ukraine
As we celebrate Irish culture this week on St. Patrick’s Day, we also should remember Ireland’s darkest moment. Famine struck Ireland in the 1840s, leading to mass starvation. Disease had ruined the ...
Commentary: Remember the famine in Ireland and help prevent another in Ukraine