The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...
The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...
Scituate was named "the most Irish town in America." A cottage industry known as "Irish Mossing" lies behind the town's ...
In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...
But the Irish Great Famine was not a return to the past ... Meanwhile, in the first six months of 1847, more than 182 million dry gallons of grain were imported to Ireland. The market dictated ...
The Concordia community will feature prominently in the 2025 parade — a discovery that was made backstage at the Queen ...
St. Patrick's Day is a week away, which makes now a fine time to read "Emerald Thread: The Irish in Buffalo." Timothy Bohen's ...
Through the efforts of its outward-looking people and its seafaring traditions over the centuries, Derry has managed to ...
The tour visits key sites associated with this tragedy, such as the locations of fever sheds, burial grounds and hospitals, providing in-depth history about the Irish Famine’s impact on Montreal in ...