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The BBC Three drama Video Nasty takes viewers back to the 1980s, when a moral panic about unregulated VHS horror movies swept the U.K. and Ireland. Across six episodes, three Dublin teenagers set out ...
A new “DNA atlas” of Ireland is revealing some of the surprising ways historic kingdoms have influenced populations on the island—and it offers the first genetic evidence that Vikings ...
Dozens of members of the Irish community and community leaders walked 2.1 kilometres on Sunday to remember and honour the 6,000 Irish immigrants who died of typhus during the summer of 1847 and are ...
The bones recovered from Canada's Cap-des-Rosiers beach indicated a diet low in protein and severe malnutrition, confirming ...
I’ve traced my line of Browns from New York, eventually to Bedford, and then to Franklin County. My mother was born in the ...
The central contention in 'Rot' is that Westminster’s response to the starvation was defined by its overarching commitment to ...
The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins paid tribute to the First Nations of Canada and Native Americans for their contributions to Irish Famine relief in 1847 at the National Famine Commemoration ...
A senior Conservative MP has denied mocking the Irish famine during a debate in the House of Commons. Shadow Business ...
IrishCentral Contributor Loretto Leary on the 2025 Annual Irish Famine Commemoration Day Ceremony at the Gaelic American Club ...
Aisling Bea opens up on the emotional experience of discovering the stories of her ancestors while heavily pregnant with her ...
Inspired by the American and French revolutions, the United Irishmen wanted a secular republic that separated church from state. They professed the Enlightenment principles of equality, liberty and ...
President Michael D Higgins has accused the United Nations Security Council of failing "again and again" by not dealing with ...