Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...

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 ...

Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...

In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record ...

The situation was made worse by the Corn Law, which kept the price of corn too high for Irish people to afford to buy it. However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest failed again in 1846 ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history ... Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine, which was caused by a potato blight, lasted between 1845 and 1849, decimating ...

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North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...