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

This 12-mile walk is a choice for me, my sister and my niece; all of us have traveled many miles to be here today. But walking is also what people do when they have nothing left to lose.

Donor from Ontario, Canada, brings 1859 silver samovar honoring Famine hero Dr. Dan Donovan back to Skibbereen Heritage ...

On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great Irish famine that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus of Irish refugees and ...

When Anelise Hanson Shrout was in graduate school at New York University, she read an account about how the Choctaw Nation donated to Ireland during the Great Famine, not long after the U.S. federal ...

This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place at National Famine Museum in Roscommon and will include performances by musician Declan O'Rourke. The 2022 National Famine Commemoration will ...

As we celebrate Irish culture on Saint Patrick's Day, we should also remember their darkest moment. Famine struck Ireland in the 1840's leading to mass starvation. Disease had ruined the potato crop ...

Their situation was dire. In a small island nation of little importance to the rest of the world, a million people starved to death. Entire villages were abandoned. Families disappeared. But the ...