Exploring the socio-economic, political and ideological systems that made the Irish poor vulnerable to disaster ...

Blame matters,” writes Padraic X Scanlan in his new book, Rot: A History of the Irish Famine. “The suffering of so many ...

In the mid-nineteenth century, Ireland suffered from an event known as the Great Hunger or the Potato Famine. Ireland at the ...

While St. Patrick's Day is mostly a day of celebration – it also gives us an excuse to learn more about Irish history. In his new book, "Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine," Historian ...

Although the potato isn’t really Irish, it has become Irish by association. So, this St. Patrick’s Day, make sure you include ...

Donations to Irish people from indigenous communities in Canada during the Great Famine - valued at around €12,000 today - have been "hidden in plain sight", a professor has said. The donations ...