The New Yorker9d
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 ...
The Globe and Mail11d
Ireland’s Great Famine occurred almost two centuries ago. But it remains a modern disaster
His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.
Independent.ie13d
‘The moral crimes that led to it were committed over centuries’: exposing the Famine’s imperial roots
Charles Trevelyan was not a man who suffered overly from self-doubt. At the height of the Great Irish Famine in 1847, however ...
Irish Star on MSN11mon
Irish attractions in America: Famine memorial to the oldest Irish pub in the US
and Irish dance and music lessons. Gaelic Park is also home to the Chicago Famine Memorial, paying tribute to the Irish lives ...
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Taoiseach urges modern world to learn lessons from the Irish Famine amid Gaza conflict
Speaking ahead of the event, the Taoiseach explained the importance of remembering the famine and the lives lost during this period of Irish history. "The Great Irish Famine destroyed lives ...