At the height of Ireland's Great Famine, Choctaws in southern states of the USA sent a donation of $170 (£111). An extraordinary whip-round, that would be tens of thousands of dollars today.

His most famous ... of the famine in 1847, more than 7,000 destitute souls were housed there. Over a million people died of famine between 1845 and 1851; a further million left Ireland, never ...

The Great Famine, also known as The Great Hunger, is a significant chapter in Irish history and a tragedy that had enduring effects on the nation. There are numerous ways to learn about this ...