post-famine

Commemorating the Famine

How the Famine changed Ireland

The Famine Monologues: The Emigrant's Story

The Emigrant's Story is the final episode in a new drama series inspired by the real people who lived through the Famine. Author Anna Carey reveals how you can find out more about the true events that inspired it.

The effects of the Great Famine: explore the maps

The Famine had a devastating effect on the Irish people and landscape. These maps show how the country was transformed.

'Her Silken Brown Hair': chronicling the Famine in song

Musician Declan O'Rourke explains how he came to chronicle the Famine in his music

Helpless little wanderers: the Famine orphans in Quebec

They crossed the Atlantic in search of a new life. But what sort of welcome did the Famine orphans receive when they arrived in Canada? Mark McGowan explains.

'Living skeletons': the Doolough Tragedy

In 1849, five starving people died by the roadside in Mayo after being forced to walk for miles to present themselves for inspection by the authorities. They were not the only local victims of zealous bureaucracy, as Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill explains

Recovering voices and stories: exhibiting the Famine

Exhibiting the Great Famine involves many challenges, as Jason King of the Irish Heritage Trust and National Famine Museum, Strokestown, explains

Hunger and poverty after the Famine

The Famine changed Ireland forever - but as Ray O'Connor explains, subsistence farming and poverty continued, while the move to a monetised economy was not straightfoward

Changing memories: Famine memorials around the world

Today, the Famine is commemorated in memorials all over the world, from sculptures to stained glass windows. Emily Mark-Fitzgerald explains how they offer unique insights into the interplay between Irish history, heritage, memory and meaning

A strange environment indeed: Famine Irish in northwest England

Tens of thousands of desperate "half naked and starving" Irish emigrants arrived in the north west of England during the Famine years, bringing deadly disease and hunger with them. As Lewis Darwen explains, many remained - but some were sent back.

Good character: female Workhouse emigration to Australia

Thousands of single female "orphans" emigrated to Australia from Famine-ravaged Ireland in the late 1840s. But who were those women, and what were their lives like when they got there? Perry McIntyre explains

Before and after the Famine: an interactive map

Through death, emigration and movement around the country, the Famine transformed how and where Irish people lived. Compare how the population was distributed around the country before and after the Famine with this interactive map.

"The Irish invasion": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland

The devastation of the Famine led to thousands of Irish emigrants arriving in Scotland - bringing disease and desperation with them. Martin J. Mitchell explains what happened to them

Greatest ravages: the 1851 census and Famine Mortality

The 1851 census gives a detailed picture of Ireland immediately after the Famine - and can tell us a lot about the devastating effects of the disaster

How the Irish Famine changed New York City forever

Thanks to emigration triggered by the Famine, people born in Ireland comprised almost one third of the total population of New York by 1855. The city was changed forever - but how? Anelise Hanson Shrout explains.

Lessons of Giving:the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations and the Famine

They had just endured the cruelty of being forced from their lands in the Trail of Tears - and they were determined to help another nation in need. Padraig Kirwan and LeAnne Howe on the generosity of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations

"So sad in themselves": the impact of the Great Famine

From sexual behaviour to agriculture to religion to the diaspora, the Great Famine had effects on Irish society that are still being felt today. Kevin Whelan explains.

The panicked flood: emigration and the Great Famine

It was the exodus that changed Ireland - and the world - forever. Ciarán Ó Murchadha tells the story of how Ireland's desperate population left the country - and how they fared in their new homes.