The potato is often seen as a humble food, a versatile crop that graces dinner tables worldwide. Yet, for 19th-century Ireland, this simple tuber was more than a dietary staple – it was a lifeline.

North America sent millions of dollars in aid to Ireland during the Great Famine. A group of enslaved people in Alabama were ...

The Irish Famine Museum / Exhibition at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin captures the history and tragedy of the Irish Famine, also known as Ireland's Great Hunger. Between 1845 and 1851 approximately ...

The Great Hunger: 1M dead, 2M fled, & Fenians invading Canada for Ireland is where it led. The Great Hunger, or the potato famine, devastated Ireland, causing 1 million deaths and driving two million ...

During Ireland's Great Famine, one million people died from starvation and another one million left in search of a better life. Here we explain what the Irish Famine's Black '47 was. The Great Famine, ...

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the age of 96, the longest serving monarch in history, and while there has been a worldwide outpouring of grief, in some countries, people are celebrating. One ...

People in Ireland are paying it forward, inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago. In 1847, the Choctaw people collected $170 to send to people in Ireland who were starving ...

Video above: What’s fueling the rapid spread of coronavirus through the Navajo NationPeople in Ireland inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago are paying it forward.In 1847, ...

An Irish priest visits a farming family during the Great Famine in this illustration. People in Ireland are paying it forward, inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago. In ...

Video above: What’s fueling the rapid spread of coronavirus through the Navajo NationPeople in Ireland inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago are paying it forward.In 1847, ...