Examine the events that led to the Irish famine, setting a crisis into motion in Europe. Examine the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Irish famine to occur, setting a crisis ...

A letter to the Cork Examiner published on this day in 1847 shines a light on the "nefarious" practice of "soul-jobbing" during the Irish Famine. The irate letter attempted to "draw public attention ...

Outlines the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the famine to occur and charts the first 3 years of the crisis in Ireland and Europe. In Ireland we see how the British government’s ...

The bleak discoveries of the Irish Famine dead give an insight into the lives of these 14 people from the mid-1800s. The analysis of the bones of Irish immigrants, from the Famine times, discovered ...

As we celebrate Irish culture on Saint Patrick's Day, we should also remember their darkest moment. Famine struck Ireland in the 1840's leading to mass starvation. Disease had ruined the potato crop ...

People in Ireland inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago are paying it forward. In 1847, the Choctaw people collected $170 to send to people in Ireland who were starving ...

When Anelise Hanson Shrout was in graduate school at New York University, she read an account about how the Choctaw Nation donated to Ireland during the Great Famine, not long after the U.S. federal ...

Aug. 30—TVSHKA HOMMA — Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton said the story of his southeastern Oklahoma tribal nation's generosity to the people of Ireland was lost to history for more than 100 years.

As we celebrate Irish culture on Saint Patrick's Day, we should also remember their darkest moment. Famine struck Ireland in the 1840's leading to mass starvation. Disease had ruined the potato crop ...

As we celebrate Irish culture this week on St. Patrick’s Day, we also should remember Ireland’s darkest moment. Famine struck Ireland in the 1840s, leading to mass starvation. Disease had ruined the ...