Not much is known about the subject of the historic photograph. The oldest known photo of an Irish Famine survivor was taken by photographer John Gregory Grace in 1853. The man, a laborer ...
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.
St Patrick's Day is a religious holiday that celebrates the life of Ireland's patron saint, St Patrick. It is believed to be ...
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 ...
Wearing green is one of the most important aspects of Irish culture and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, but not everyone knows ...
The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...
Notwithstanding the Act of Union, which purported to amalgamate two “sister kingdoms”, Ireland was not governed as if it were as British as Finchley. And during the Famine “the legacies of ...
Donations to Irish people from indigenous communities in Canada during the Great Famine - valued at around €12,000 today - have been "hidden in plain sight", a professor has said. The donations ...