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.
Ireland's International Famine Commemoration to be held in Massachusetts today
Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor
The Great Famine coffin ships' journey across the Atlantic
The Dublin famine statues stand on the very quay the emigrant ships sailed from
On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
On This Day: "Famine Queen" Victoria arrived to Ireland in 1900
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
The National Famine Way Roadshow crossing the country in March
What you need to know about Omey Island, Connemara's best-kept secret
Most read
- 1 On This Day: IRA bomb kills 12 at Enniskillen Remembrance Day service in 1987
- 2 WATCH: Fall in love with vintage yet vibrant Derry in this 1968 travelogue
- 3 Armistice Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
- 4 More than 30,000 Irish soldiers lost in World War I named in online archive
- 5 Exploring what remains of Ireland’s ancient royal capitals
- 6 Charlie Chaplin once visited Big Jim Larkin behind bars in Sing Sing prison
- 7 On this Day: Bram Stoker, the Irish author of "Dracula," was born in 1847
- 8 Fine Gael says the public will pay billions for a United Ireland
- 9 A Dublin burger joint has been named second best in the world