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Irish Examiner14d
New memorial to orphan girls sent from Cork to Australia during the Famine
Picture: David Creedon A memorial has been unveiled in West Cork to remember a poignant forgotten chapter of the Irish Famine story — 14 orphan girls shipped from famine-ravaged Ireland to ...
All That's Interesting on MSN15d
They Fell Victim To The Irish Famine In 1847. More Than 150 Years Later, Their Remains Washed Ashore In Canada.
The bones recovered from Canada's Cap-des-Rosiers beach indicated a diet low in protein and severe malnutrition, confirming they were very likely victims of the Great Famine of Ireland.
The Irish Times16d
Louth have ended their Leinster title famine – can they avoid the fate that usually follows?
Why not us?’: Louth’s Sam Mulroy says belief was at heart of county’s march from lowest ebb to Leinster titleOpens in new window ] Every team that ends a famine faces that same dilemma.
Irish Examiner16d
Book review: Reinterpreting the Irish Famine as a consequence of unbridled capitalism
The central contention in 'Rot' is that Westminster’s response to the starvation was defined by its overarching commitment to the principles of the free market Author and historian Padraic X ...
Irish America16d
On Famine and Native Americans: President Higgins leads Ireland’s Commemoration
The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins paid tribute to the First Nations of Canada and Native Americans for their ...
The Independent16d
Nineteen months of carnage: How Gaza was reduced to rubble and starvation as the world watched
By 25 June last year, the global hunger monitor (IPC) stated that Gaza remained at high risk of famine. Ahead of his inauguration, the then US president-elect Donald Trump applied pressure for a ...
BBC17d
Tory MP denies making famine remark in Commons
Labour MP Adam Jogee challenged the remark in a point of order in the Commons on Thursday which he said appeared to reference the Irish potato famine. But in a statement to BBC News NI ...
The Times of Israel17d
Famines, then and now: Ireland and Gaza
Between famine-era mass starvation deaths and forced emigration, Ireland’s population fell from 8.5 million in 1845 to 6.6 million by 1851. The Irish famines (from 1845 to 1852) got seared onto ...
TheJournal.ie17d
Tory MP appeared to make ‘offensive’ Irish potato famine remark, House of Commons told
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The Irish News17d
Tory MP appeared to make ‘offensive’ Irish potato famine remark, Commons told
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 ...
The Independent17d
Tory MP appeared to make ‘offensive’ Irish potato famine remark, Commons told
“These words appear to be referencing the tragedy of the Irish potato famine which, if true, is of course offensive and insensitive and, of course, would have taken place at the time in the ...