Michael Sullivan, who comes from an Ojibwe mother and an Irish father, sees similarities between the two cultures in that there are those fighting to revitalize their languages in a world dominated by ...
Ireland’s population has hit 5 million for the first time in 170 years — a time when the great Potato Famine ravaged the country. The republic’s population was estimated at 5.01 million in April, 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 ...
Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they... An international group of plant pathologists has ...
When Anelise Hanson Shrout was in graduate school at New York University, she read an account about how the Choctaw Nation donated to Ireland during the Great Famine, not long after the U.S. federal ...
August in Charleston witnesses the loveliest of migrations. Like the swallows of Capistrano or the butterflies of Mexico, students flock back to the city in youthful, idealistic, hedonistic, colorful ...
Aug. 30—TVSHKA HOMMA — Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton said the story of his southeastern Oklahoma tribal nation's generosity to the people of Ireland was lost to history for more than 100 years.
The Irish Famine Exhibition is seeking out items related to the Great Irish Hunger to mark the 175th anniversary of the Irish Potato Famine, in April 2020. Next year, 2020, marks the 175th anniversary ...
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.” Even with much holding of breath and shutting of eyes, U.S.
A unique concept is rooted in the Irish psyche—respectability. Respectability can mean many things, but it meant only one thing among Irish Famine immigrants: financial security. Whether working as a ...