As the United States invaded Mexico in 1846, Los Patricios, a group of immigrants, took up arms for Mexico to defend their ...

How poor Irish Catholics were forced to choose between converting to Protestantism or starvation during Ireland's Great Hunger and ... of the Irish Potato Famine (1845 to 1852).

John Mitchel was born on November 3 1815 at Camnish, near Dungiven. He was the eldest surviving son of John Mitchel Snr, the ...

From ancient eruptions to modern nuclear meltdowns, these catastrophes forever altered human history. Join us as we explore ...

The dominant academic consensus is highly critical of British policy during the Irish Famine of 1845–52 – its moralism ... John Kelly’s The Graves are Walking: The History of the Great Irish Famine ...

In the 1790s John Mitchel Snr had United Irish ... 1845 he gave up law and, at the invitation of Charles Gavan Duffy, became assistant editor of the paper. He blamed the English for the Famine ...

Ireland's rich history is often commemorated and celebrated through events, art, and education, with some residual tensions still present to this day. From the Easter Rising to the Great Famine ...

Ireland's rich history is often commemorated and celebrated through events, art, and education, with some residual tensions still present to this day. From the Easter Rising to the Great Famine, there ...