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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Skibbereen, and west Cork in general, was one of the worst affected parts of Ireland during the Great Famine between 1845 and 1851 and it produced some crucial figures in the Irish independence ...

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 ...

Reading that historical account of philanthropy in the 1800s led Shrout on a quest that spanned 15 years as she researched the international aid that came to the Irish people during the Great Famine, ...