Visit the Irish Famine Memorial Monument A somber but impactful part of Irish history, the Irish Famine Memorial Monument is located along Buffalo’s waterfront. The location is an homage to the area ...

Especially one that puts Philly on the worldwide stage. That’s why he’s raising money to build a national monument in LOVE Park for America’s 250th birthday in 2026. Since 2019, the former mayor and ...

The monument was created by Irish-born sculptors and brothers Martin, James, and Joseph Milmore. They came to Boston as boys, fleeing the famine, and became notable sculptors, Quinlin said.

It is the public who will decide if former President Rodrigo Duterte deserves a monument and not him, Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro said on Monday. At a press conference, ...

Pat Uniacke is a champion hurler, not a golfer, but on Sunday he drove his construction truck up from San Bruno just to stand at an overlook of the 17th tee at San Francisco’s Lincoln Park Golf Course ...

In the first act of the wittiest Irish play of the nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest,” there is much ado about a shortage of food. The fearsome Aunt Augusta is ...

There are a good 10 famine areas where that has been declared, where people have no food, where people are dying of hunger. Out of the 10, we only have access to four. So six we, at this point in ...

Instead, he cites reams of evidence to show that famine is not imminent. He also points out that Malthus became less pessimistic after a few years and cheekily observes that “Malthus was not a ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

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.