John Mitchel was born on November 3 1815 at Camnish, near Dungiven. He was the eldest surviving son of John Mitchel Snr, the ...

The long-standing impasse over ownership of the historic Bully’s Acre Famine Cemetery in Drogheda is nearing a conclusion as the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Louth County Council have now ...

Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital city, is perhaps best known for the sectarian strife that took place during the era of ...

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.

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 ...

Belfast will host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in August 2026, Belfast City Council confirmed on Saturday, March 8. Established in 1951, the Fleadh takes place in Ireland every August with ...

The long-standing impasse over ownership of the historic Bully’s Acre Famine Cemetery in Drogheda is nearing a conclusion as the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Louth County Council have now ...

Instead, he cites reams of evidence to show that famine is not imminent. He also points out that Malthus became less pessimistic after a few years and cheekily observes that “Malthus was not a ...

A Belfast woman who was charged alongside a man with committing an act outraging public decency has died, a court has been told. Gillian Portis (50) and 37-year old Adrian Matthew Reid were ...

Sterling is the currency of N. Ireland. Step into the rich tapestry of history at Friars Bush Graveyard in Belfast where each gravestone tells a story etched in time. Nestled in the heart of the ...