As emotive as the subject may be, Rot moves beyond sentiment, ideology and the false comforts of denial and denunciation.

Padraic X. Scanlan is an associate professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. His latest ...

In the first act of the wittiest Irish play of the nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest,” there is much ado about a shortage of food. The fearsome Aunt Augusta is ...

We remember the great generosity of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, who donated to Ireland's Great Hunger relief. Lincoln was one of 15,000 people worldwide to donate money ...

When Donald Trump invoked the 227-year-old Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members this weekend, I had only one association with the law: when the Federalists originally passed it ...

In an area of Ireland hit hard by the Troubles, townspeople are fighting what they say is a new wave of colonialism: tree ...

As the fastest growing city in Upper Canada, as it was known until 1841, Toronto saw many Irish arrive on its shores. By the end of the 19th century almost one-third of Toronto’s population was born ...

From RTÉ Radio 1's The History Show, writer Mary Russell tells the story of how the very first Ordnance Survey maps of ...

As the United States invaded Mexico in 1846, Los Patricios, a group of immigrants, took up arms for Mexico to defend their ...

There are few events in Irish history as evocative or politically potent as the Great Famine. The blight that destroyed potato crops in the late 1840s reduced the island’s population by almost ...

Many people will be surprised to hear that Claddagh rings were once practically exclusive to rich landlords during The Great Famine.