A senior Conservative MP appeared to make “offensive and insensitive” comments about the Irish potato famine, the Commons has heard. Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, responding to a question ...

Its effect on the potato gives “Rot,” a vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine by the historian ... other offal,” Scanlan writes. He quotes the testimony of a farmer to a ...

Though failing to create Irish independence, it spurred Canada's push for nationhood. The Great Hunger, or the potato famine, devastated Ireland, causing 1 million deaths and driving two million ...

Ireland’s rugged and beautiful landscape has captivated people’s imagination for generations. As picturesque as it may be, however, the North Atlantic island can be an unforgiving environment.

The potato famine was a major event in modern Irish history. In Ireland, it is known officially as the Great Famine or An Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Republican mural on Upper Falls Road in ...