Famine conditions prevailed in parts of Ireland right up to 1852 with emigration becoming a staple of Irish life. Between 1845 and 1855 over 900,000 Irish people arrived in New York alone.

The fourth episode in The Great Famine Irish history podcast series examines whether the Irish people saw disaster coming? What was Ireland like in 1845? The year 1845 is famous for one thing in ...

Facts about The Great Famine emigration out of Ireland Dr. Ciarán Ó Murchadha discusses Irish emigration triggered by desperation in his book "The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852." ...

The Irish catastrophe. The Great Famine in Ireland began as a natural catastrophe of extraordinary magnitude, but its effects were severely worsened by the actions and inactions of the Whig ...

The Great Famine was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland that generally lasted from 1845 to 1855. The famine was started by a natural disease, an epidemic of vegetation fungus, but ...

Despite the fact that The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of approximately a million and ... According to the great Daniel O’Connell in 1845 alone Ireland exported 200,000 heads of ...

For many descendants of Irish emigrants, the Great Famine is the anchor for a common ... An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel ...

Books & the Arts / A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era. John Banville The premise of Rot, Padraic S ...

In 1845, at the start of the famine, the population of Ireland was roughly 8.5 million. By its end in 1849, it was reduced to 4.5 million. The Irish population did not recover for over 100 years ...