What caused the Irish famine? A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era. Old Chapel Lane, Skibbereen ...

Savannah's St. Patrick's Day Parade began with a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. The ceremony highlighted the deep connection between Irish heritage and Catholicism in ...

Irish traditions, English meddling and a famine all have something to do with ... "In Gaelic Ireland, cows were a symbol of wealth and a sacred animal," writer Shaylyn Esposito said.

Famine stalked the Irish. In 1840 only 5% of Irish peasants ... Pious Irish would only wear the three-leafed shamrock, symbol of the Trinity. Roger Daniels in Coming to America observes: "It ...

Visit the Irish Famine Memorial Monument A somber but impactful part of ... the few who survived and those who refused to acknowledge the atrocities; among the symbols are 32 stones dedicated to the ...

The 1916 Easter Rising and subsequent war of independence had their own proximate causes, but the Famine was in the background, a symbol of Irish humiliation and subordination to Britain.

Later, when Irish immigrants who had flocked to the U.S. during the Great Famine in the 19th century ... “In Gaelic Ireland, cattle were symbols of the wealthy and were only killed when they ...

That bread became a symbol of Ireland, enhanced with raisins, butter, sugar, and buttermilk instead of sour milk as times got better. And soda bread never lost its magical power to aid the Irish ...

It is a collaboration between Waterways Ireland, the Irish Heritage Trust and the county councils along the route. The symbol of the National Famine Way is a pair of children’s shoes displayed ...

Similarly, in 2018, former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar announced a scholarship for Choctaw people to study in Ireland. The Great Famine ... be a "permanent symbol of the enduring ...