Exploring the socio-economic, political and ideological systems that made the Irish poor vulnerable to 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.

Pre-Confederation British North America became ... Murphy, Ryan, Johnson. The Irish famine gave rise to a movement called Young Ireland, who members swore to free their country from Britain ...

The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...

Professor O’Neill was the co-founder of the Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His research concentrates on the interaction of traditional agricultural societies and a growing world economy, ...

Jane’s fiercely unforgiving tone was adopted by militant Irish nationalists for whom the famine stood as the ultimate proof of English perfidy. But in her poem, too, the victims appear as an ...

Interest in the ruins of a pre-famine time village near Coolaney has been stirred following an artist’s interest. Sligo County Council, through the Sligo Healthy Ireland Fund 2019-2021 ...

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine. This famine killed an estimated one million people either from starvation or disease. Thousands of people emigrated to America across the ...