They had died in, or fled from, what the Irish poor called in their native language An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger, a catastrophe that was then continuing into its sixth year. Discover notable ...

Famine killed at least a million people. Some half again as many fled Ireland – including all eight of my great-great-grandparents on my father’s side, who emigrated to Quebec. In the depths ...

Ireland's Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield made its inaugural appearance at the Saint Patrick's Day Parades in Norwalk and ...

who donated to Ireland's Great Hunger relief. Lincoln was one of 15,000 people worldwide to donate money to Ireland during the Great Irish Famine. This is according to evidence unearthed by ...