A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

It has been estimated an average Irish laborer of the 1800s consumed 14 pounds of potatoes daily. This dependence on a single source of food was a primary reason for the Great Potato Famine of the ...

It is one of a number of potato-related ... abolished the Irish parliament. He ultimately cancelled the meeting to avoid bloodshed and lodged a complaint. There is also an 1846 famine-era order ...

You know those icebreaker activities where you must summon a fun fact? (Cue panic-inducing sweats as you struggle to think of something “fun”.) Well, mine is that my great-great-great grandmother was ...

Its primary impact on history ... a beneficial trait during a famine. This is only one of the many effects the Irish Famine had, a famine caused by infected potato crops. At least 1 million ...

Late blight is the disease historically associated with potatoes and the Irish potato famine ... act to initiate primary infections during the production season. For bagged and container crops, ...

The museum tells the story of the Great Famine through the personal tragedies of the tenants on the Strokestown Estate and of ...

and our search took us directly to the source. "Now, coming to us from an Irish supplier, Trader Joe’s Garlic Butter Irish Potato Chips are made with crinkle-cut, authentically Irish potatoes ...

it is important to remember that 2022 also marks the 177th anniversary of the start of the Irish Potato Famine (1845 to 1852). For many, the term "taking the soup" is synonymous with the Famine story.

Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...