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.

While Kilmallock is the site of Ireland's National Famine Commemoration this year, Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield ...

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 ...

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.

Limerick TD and Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O’Donovan announced that the 2025 National Famine Commemoration would ...

Dublin, 8 February 1915 - The population of Ireland grew by 5,000 during 1914, the first time the country has seen an increase over a full year since the Famine ... the number Irish people who ...

"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 ...

The gathering and brief ceremony are open to the public; all are welcome with attendees encouraged to assemble about 9:30 a.m ...

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 ...