It is impossible to understand the history of modern India without taking into account mass famines under British rule. The same thing can be said about another former British possession: Ireland.

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, ...

One act of generosity during the Great Famine forged a bond that transcends generations Austin West visits Kindred Spirits, a monument to the Choctaw in County Cork. The 20-foot-high steel feathers ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era. The premise of Rot, Padraic S. Scanlan’s comprehensive, elegantly ...

Tyler Anbinder didn’t know what he’d find when he started digging into a vast trove of records that had been locked inside a bank — and inaccessible to the public — for nearly 150 years. One detail ...

The immersive National Famine Museum, located in Ireland's Strokestown Park House and Gardens in County Roscommon, reopened following a multimillion-dollar redevelopment. The museum, which brings to ...

Examine the events that led to the Irish famine, setting a crisis into motion in Europe. Examine the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Irish famine to occur, setting a crisis ...

Anbinder taught American history for thirty years at the University of Wyoming and George Washington University before retiring in 2020. His fourth book on American immigration history, Plentiful ...

Irish government has confirmed that the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna will host the National Famine Commemoration 2026 ...

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 ...