Their newest book, “The Great Memorial Day Fire of ... Following the Great Potato Famine in Ireland from 1845 to 1852, an estimated 500,000 Irish emigrated to America. In all, by 1875 some ...

A service on Monday morning at the Irish Memorial commemorated the potato famine and the struggles the Irish endured. Speakers shared about the contributions the Irish immigrants made to the city ...

There is a wall in Mexico City with a memorial plaque for ... This was the late 1840s. Potato famine was ravaging Ireland. Hundreds of thousands of Irish citizens were emigrating to the United ...

Irish heavyweight champion John L ... where the spud failed, who had fled the potato famine of the 1840s were found on the streets close to the Ohio River, then a less desirable neighborhood ...

William Jasper memorial ceremony and parade ... We have people from Limerick that came over during the potato famine. They made their homes in Savannah. They raised their families in Savannah. They ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

The potato famine also affected Irish-speaking people, and accelerated the Englishification of Irish society. It has been noted that while many Irish people spoke Irish before the famine ...

So begins, Rot, Padraic X Scanlan’s disturbing and insightful account of the Irish famine. The “Great ... on the subsistence crop of the miracle potato was a utilitarian innovation.

While St. Patrick's Day is mostly a day of celebration – it also gives us an excuse to learn more about Irish history. In his new book, "Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine," Historian ...

The museum tells the story of the Great Famine through the personal tragedies of the tenants on the Strokestown Estate and of their landlords, the once prosperous Pakenham Mahon family.