Failure of the potato crop evoked horrific memories for some who had lived through the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s ...

Since the city's establishment in the 1820s, Indianapolis has been a magnet for immigrants seeking opportunity and refuge.

Overall population of island in 2022 stood at 7.1M people, up 26% over 20 years since 2002, new research finds - Anadolu ...

The Zeeks, Everments and others were beggared refugees from hunger in Germany’s Palatinate in the early 1700s with few skills ...

There are famine memorials dedicated to the Irish Great Hunger all over the world but the location and history of the famine memorial in Dublin, Ireland, is perhaps one of the most interesting and ...

Larry Mullen Jr., drummer for the Irish rock band U2, gave $100,000, but most Irish donors gave small amounts. Many also posted comments on the relief fund website. “It’s only fair,” said one.

A University of Florida scientist on the front lines of food production outlines a strategy.

Legendary musician Tommy Hayes has assembled a formidable troupe of Irish musicians for his latest project, The Garden where the Praties Grow, a documentary that intertwines the cultural significance ...

A senior Conservative MP appeared to make “offensive and insensitive” comments about the Irish potato famine, the Commons has heard. Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, responding to a ...

As one traditional (if woefully out-dated) rhyme explains: Boxty on the griddle, Boxty in the pan, If you can't make boxty, You'll never get your man. Traditional Irish boxty recipe Yield: about 4 ...

A scientist-in-training helped coordinate a letter-writing campaign to protect federal science funding. Here’s what she says ...

“Ellen of the Seven Dials” they called her, or simply “The Flower Girl”. The little woman with the big heart. She was a ...