Between 1845-1850, the Great Potato Famine created a mass exodus from Ireland, forcing two million citizens to board ships in search of better lives in the U.S. Jeanie Johnston was perhaps the ...

In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record ...

Phytophthora-infected cacao pods develop lesions, which eventually host white fluffy growth before the pods shrivel into a ...

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A keen amateur historian with an impressive library of books on Irish history, Warfield has always felt that The Famine is an overlooked ... stage venture The Last Ship, musicals are notoriously ...

From Cork, after a day of heavy driving, it was time to stop at the town of Listowel. A bustling market-town of 4,000, ...

Gardai are still questioning five men over a suspected international plot to smuggle cocaine into Ireland via an offshore 'mothership' aiming to transfer its illicit cargo to a smaller craft for ...

The Great Famine, which took place in Ireland between 1845 and ... infestans originated from an American ship traveling to Ireland for trade. The population of Ireland in 1845 was estimated to be just ...