Great Hunger
Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history, second only to the Black Death pandemic in death toll estimates - the Great Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between 1845 and 1849, decimating Ireland's population and resulting in emigration on an unprecedented scale.
The short, unhappy life of my great-grandfather Patrick O’Hanlon
How an Irish priest transported his parish from County Wexford to Wexford, Iowa
Two Choctaw-Ireland Scholars graduate from University College Cork
Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
What you need to know about Omey Island, Connemara's best-kept secret
St. James’s Hospital Dublin's history as a workhouse for destitute beggars
Great Irish Famine historians issue St. Patrick's Day statement on Gaza
New study traces outbreak of potato blight that caused Great Hunger to North America
WATCH: James Stephens - the life of a Fenian on the run
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year