As the 180th anniversary of the Great Famine is marked, Belfast artist Lise McGreevy tells Helen McGurk why she is shining a ...

This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The annual public ceremony, which will be broadcast on RTÉ News Now channel, will ...

MCALESTER, Okla. — In 1847, Ireland was dying. A potato disease epidemic exacerbated by the British government (which ...

From Ireland's Great Hunger to the brave Irish heroes of the US Civil War, Niall O'Dowd examines how Irish Famine emigrants changed the landscape of American history. Niall O'Dowd, Founder of ...

The Emigrant’s Walk starts like many hikes: in a dusty little parking area by a wooden trailhead sign and map. As we depart, ...

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Rarely has a ship been bailed out so often before leaving port. Now, after three years and many millions, the Jeanie Johnston is finally ready to set sail to the New World this ...

A 5K, football tournament, concert, gala and parade will celebrate the culture of the Irish immigrants who helped make up the melting pot of New Orleans during commemorative events this week. And on ...

At the famine's conclusion, 1 million have perished and the survivors build new lives. The British government decides that further famine relief must be paid through raised land rates, forcing ...