Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

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 ...

Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between 1845 and 1849, decimating Ireland's population and resulting in emigration on an ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The Great Famine, which took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, is something many of us learned about to some degree in school. It was a tale ...

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a ... Tragically over one million people died between 1846 and 1851 because of the Potato Famine. Many of them died from starvation.

Late blight is an old foe of humans. This disease catalysed the devastating Irish potato famine that began in 1845. It is caused by a fungus-like pathogen, which quickly kills a potato plant and ...