Bones of Irish children were found 170 years after they died on a “coffin ship” en route to Canada in 1847. Vertebra and jaw bones were identified among the.
From Ireland's Great Hunger to the brave Irish heroes of the US Civil War, Niall O'Dowd examines how Irish emigrants changed the landscape of American history.
The Taoiseach, Micheal Martin, told the National Famine Commemoration in Co Roscommon that the Great Famine of 1845-1852 was the most "devastating or traumatic event" in Irish history.