The Pacific Northwest Inlander1d
It’s an epic story never to forget: The downtrodden, exploited Irish were left to die, yet some found a way to survive
In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...
‘Rot’ Review: The Blight of Empire
By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...
The New Yorker4d
What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...
How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green
he was born in the fifth century as Maewyn Succat persuaded the Catholic Church to make March 17 a feast day a group of men ...
The Georgetowner10d
Raise a Glass to St. Patrick and a Lost Irish Enclave
The new park is north of the historic borders of Swampoodle, a hardscrabble neighborhood bisected by Potomac tributary Tiber ...
MONTCO Today on MSN1d
Keeping Irish Tradition Strong: Steve Brady and the AOH Prepare for the Conshohocken St. Patrick’s Day Parade
For Skippack’s Steve Brady, being a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is about more than just celebrating St.