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

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

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

There Irish famineknown in the Gaelic language as An gorta mór and in English as Great Irish Faminehit Ireland between ...

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Hyde noted that the famine actually enveloped all of Europe and generally was known as The Great Hunger, which began around 1845. The Irish Potato Famine moniker came from outside of the Emerald Isle.

However, no people were as heavily dependent on the potato as the Irish. Scanlan starkly figures the inevitable disaster: Between 1845 and 1851, at least 1 million people died of famine-related ...

Its effect on the potato gives “ Rot,” a vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine by the historian Padraic X. Scanlan, its title.

The pathogen struck a major blow to the nation's potato crop, leaving widespread poverty and disease in its wake. The Great Famine that ensued, lasting from 1845 to 1852, marked a major crisis in ...