Atlas of The Great Irish Famine

Atlas of The Great Irish Famine, draws together existing and ongoing research into the period know as the Great Famine in a broad ranging inclusive manner.

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What a coroner's casebook tells us about Famine deaths

During the Famine, the work of coroners could expose the failures of government. With their stories of death by starvation and exposure, the casebooks of Monaghan coroner William Charles Waddell do just that, as Michelle McGoff-McCann explains

Famine Ireland • 02 Feb 24

The National Famine Memorial by John Behan. Photo: Getty Images

Revisiting the Coffin Ships: emigrant mortality during the Famine

Over two million Irish people emigrated abroad between 1845 and 1855. But did they all sail on so-called "coffin ships"? Cian T. McMahon uses the surviving statistics to find out.

History • 12 Dec 23

Commemorating the Famine

History • 21 Apr 22

The Famine memorial in Dublin city centre

How the Famine changed Ireland

History • 14 Apr 22

Children in a crowd outside a workhouse during the Famine.

What happened to children during the Famine?

History • 31 Mar 22

A French peasant farmer in the 1840s, depicted by artist Charles Emile Jacque. Image: Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Between two worlds: the Hungry Forties in Europe

The decade became known as the Hungry Forties, not just in Ireland but all over Europe. Wouter Ronsijn and Eric Vanhaute explain how starvation threatened European stability - and how different regions reacted to the food shortages.

History • 28 Jan 22

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.

History • 26 Mar 21

The memorial at Doolough. Photo: Frank Coyne

'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

History • 25 Mar 21

Dublin City during the Great Famine: explore the map

Dublin didn't face the same horrors as Connacht and Munster but its streets and workhouses were full of desperate people. This map shows where they took refuge

Famine Ireland • 13 Apr 21

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

History • 24 Mar 21

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