The bleak discoveries of the Irish Famine dead give an insight into the ... The Irish fleeing the Great Hunger in 1847 would have traveled by coffin ship having lived in dire conditions at home.

The American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) commemorates the 180th anniversary of Ireland's Great Hunger with a poignant ...

The death has taken place of New York and Kerry's Gerry O'Shea, Irish Echo columnist and tireless advocate for the ...

Researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans, originated. Call it a mystery solved.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Irish potato famine pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, is traced back to the Andes Mountains in South America, not Mexico. Genetic analysis reveals that P ...

A genetic investigation has finally tracked down the source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine, closing a case that has been up in the air for years. Researchers nailed down the Andes ...

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 ... stage venture The Last Ship, musicals are notoriously ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands of miles away. A study that examined the DNA of Phytophthora (P.) ...

"What we witnessed today was the subversion of the Irish constitution ... This has never happened in the history of the state before," Martin told a hastily arranged press conference. "The most ...

On March 10th last year, Javier Osorio sent an email to the human resources department of his employer, Cognizant Technology Solutions Ireland, the Irish arm ... nail in the coffin of the promised ...

The UK has warned sailors in the Persian Gulf over apparent attempts by Iran’s military to order ships to enter Iranian waters. In a notice published on Friday, the UK Maritime Trade Operations ...