A NEW board game themed around the Irish Famine has sparked controversy, with the Irish Emigration Museum labelling it “in ...

The Irish potato famine of 1845–52 resulted in more than a million deaths. Another million people were displaced, and Ireland’s population was reduced by about 25%. The cause of widespread potato rot ...

Architect and part-time game designer behind The Great Hunger hopes game will educate more Americans on the famine ...

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) – While he grew up in New York, John Lahey recalls, the Irish famine was almost a taboo topic. But these days, the Quinnipiac University president and former grand marshal of the ...

He’s a chip off the old block. A new dad who comes from a long line of cops and firefighters — dating back to the Irish potato famine — was promoted at an FDNY ceremony Friday along with dozens of ...

The New York State Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH, the oldest and largest Irish Catholic organization in the US) has passed a resolution highlighting what it says are "significant failures in the ...