Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the enormous humanitarian contribution of Paul Strzelecki during the Great Famine ...

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine. This famine killed an estimated ... Some people emigrated to Great Britain and Australia, but most emigrated to America.

From the rich history of the nation's capital, Dublin, to heartbreaking stories of The Great Famine in Co Roscommon, there are fascinating things to be learned at Ireland's museums. Read more ...

An illustration depicting suffering among an Irish family during the Great Famine An illustration depicting suffering among an Irish family during the Great Famine In the 1800s, during the Great ...

The crypt also provides the final resting place for around 2,000 men, women and children who fled Ireland during the great famine and arrived in Liverpool, only to die during the typhus and ...

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...