IrishCentral Contributor Siobhan O'Neill on the importance of commemorating the Irish orphan girls who were sent to Australia ...

Bridget O’Donnel was a poor famine victim from County Clare whose harrowing story appeared in The Illustrated London News on ...

Padraig Kirwan and LeAnne Howe on the generosity of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations Blighted Nation tells the story of the Great Irish Famine from the arrival of the blight to the long ...

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Dublin, 25 February 1919 - The Chief Secretary of Ireland, Ian Macpherson, has said that discussions with the Treasury over ...

The Great Famine, also known as The Great Hunger, is a significant chapter in Irish history and a tragedy that had enduring effects on the nation. There are numerous ways to learn about this ...

Last week Kanturk Tidy Towns unveiled a Famine Pot in memory of those who died during the Great Famine (1845-1850).

great-grandfather was among those who "failed their people" while governing Ireland during the famine. The Irish folk song The Fields Of Athenry singles him out for blame. But she does not believe ...