In the mid-19th century, a microscopic invader swept across Ireland, leaving a trail of ... infestans collected during the Irish Potato Famine. The results were clear. The Mexican species, P.

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected ... kept the price of corn too high for Irish people to afford to buy it. However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest failed again in 1846 ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish ... Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between 1845 and 1849, decimating ...

It was Catholic Ireland ... dependent on the potato as the Irish. Scanlan starkly figures the inevitable disaster: Between 1845 and 1851, at least 1 million people died of famine-related causes.

"I want to talk about Ireland. Specifically, I want to talk about the famine..." Credit: Mashable Composite; Paul Bergen / Redferns / Getty / TikTok Sinéad O'Connor's life was marred with ...

A Co Donegal tourist attraction telling the story of the Irish Famine has been ... visitors to learn of the Great Famine, which began in 1845 as a result of potato blight and led to the death ...

Ireland, 1845. When a deadly fungus destroys potato crops throughout northern Europe, the most impoverished Irish population, whose main source of food is precisely the potato, suffers a cruel ...

It is simply wrong, in principle and in law, to inflict hunger and suffering on a civilian population, whatever the ...