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Deadly Irish potato famine originated thousands of miles away, study finds
Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...
Irish Immigration
In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record ...
Irish Central13d
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
Researchers explored the harrowing stories of single pregnant Irish women who fled to America during the Famine and the years following it. Research, carried out over three years and released in ...
New Food Magazine10d
New study confirms Irish potato famine pathogen originated in the Andes
Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...
RTE Online17d
Brian Warfield of The Wolfe Tones launches his musical about The Famine
It may even recall Mel Brooks’ The Producers but for Wolfe Tones front man Brian Warfield writing a musical about the Irish Famine was a very serious business. The man who has been belting out ...
Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: illuminating Ireland pre-independence
Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence ...
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The 'Path of the Dead’ led to Mayo Famine workhouse
During the Famine it was not uncommon to find the living and the dead stretched side by side on filthy straw on the ‘sleeping ...