St Anthony's Church on Scotland Road has stood for nearly 200 years - and it has a little-known secret hiding beneath it ...

“Workhouses are historically linked with the Great Famine (1845-1849) and are an important physical reminder of this traumatic period in Irish history,” continued Mr Morris. “The site here in Longford ...

Describing the great waves of Irish emigration in the 19th Century when millions ... The poem centres on a couple who leave a West Cork workhouse during the Famine, dying on their way back home. It ...

A chef, Mr Keenan served 40 year in the Irish Army. His family ... and Indians ,hide and seek on the overgrown disused Mountmellick railway line and the Famine Workhouse project 'The Stop Road'," Mr ...

North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

A genetic investigation has finally tracked down the source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine, closing a case that has been up in the air for years. Researchers nailed down the Andes ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands of miles away. A study that examined the DNA of Phytophthora (P.) ...

Over 1,000 women ended up in a Dutch state workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and ...

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Michael Gorman, 53, pleaded guilty in the Geelong County Court for failing to care for the health and safety of another person who might be affected by his acts in the workplace. A WorkSafe ...

“Historic structures that could benefit are the Courthouse, the Bridewell Jail Complex, the Famine Workhouse, to name a few,” stated Cllr Ryan. “The historic towns initiative fund aims to provide ...