https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:42:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2022/0421/1293513-commemorating-the-famine/Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:17:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2022/0421/1293513-commemorating-the-famine/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2022/0414/1292413-how-the-famine-changed-ireland/Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:27:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2022/0414/1292413-how-the-famine-changed-ireland/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2021/1006/1251136-the-famine-monologues-the-emigrants-story/The Emigrant's Story is the final episode in a new drama series inspired by the real people who lived through the Famine. Author Anna Carey reveals how you can find out more about the true events that inspired it.Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:37:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2021/1006/1251136-the-famine-monologues-the-emigrants-story/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0324/1205908-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.Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:54:34 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0324/1205908-the-effects-of-the-great-famine-explore-the-maps/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0316/1204313-her-silken-brown-hair-chronicling-the-famine-in-song/Musician Declan O'Rourke explains how he came to chronicle the Famine in his musicTue, 16 Mar 2021 11:35:01 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0316/1204313-her-silken-brown-hair-chronicling-the-famine-in-song/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0928/1168035-helpless-little-wanderers-the-famine-orphans-in-quebec/They crossed the Atlantic in search of a new life. But what sort of welcome did the Famine orphans receive when they arrived in Canada? Mark McGowan explains.Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:25:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0928/1168035-helpless-little-wanderers-the-famine-orphans-in-quebec/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0309/1202980-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 explainsTue, 09 Mar 2021 16:52:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0309/1202980-living-skeletons-the-doolough-tragedy/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0301/1200148-recovering-voices-and-stories-exhibiting-the-famine/Exhibiting the Great Famine involves many challenges, as Jason King of the Irish Heritage Trust and National Famine Museum, Strokestown, explainsMon, 01 Mar 2021 12:25:03 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0301/1200148-recovering-voices-and-stories-exhibiting-the-famine/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0301/1200227-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 straightfowardMon, 01 Mar 2021 17:04:56 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0301/1200227-hunger-and-poverty-after-the-famine/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0211/1196466-changing-memories-famine-memorials-around-the-world/Today, the Famine is commemorated in memorials all over the world, from sculptures to stained glass windows. Emily Mark-Fitzgerald explains how they offer unique insights into the interplay between Irish history, heritage, memory and meaningThu, 11 Feb 2021 10:43:22 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0211/1196466-changing-memories-famine-memorials-around-the-world/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0204/1195102-a-strange-environment-indeed-the-famine-irish-in-england/Tens of thousands of desperate "half naked and starving" Irish emigrants arrived in the north west of England during the Famine years, bringing deadly disease and hunger with them. As Lewis Darwen explains, many remained - but some were sent back.Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:13:12 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0204/1195102-a-strange-environment-indeed-the-famine-irish-in-england/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0202/1194606-good-character-female-workhouse-emigration-to-australia/Thousands of single female "orphans" emigrated to Australia from Famine-ravaged Ireland in the late 1840s. But who were those women, and what were their lives like when they got there? Perry McIntyre explainsTue, 02 Feb 2021 15:34:29 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2021/0202/1194606-good-character-female-workhouse-emigration-to-australia/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/1125/1178465-before-and-after-the-famine-an-interactive-map/Through death, emigration and movement around the country, the Famine transformed how and where Irish people lived. Compare how the population was distributed around the country before and after the Famine with this interactive map.Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:58:25 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/1125/1178465-before-and-after-the-famine-an-interactive-map/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/1106/1176413-the-irish-invasion-how-the-irish-famine-changed-scotland/The devastation of the Famine led to thousands of Irish emigrants arriving in Scotland - bringing disease and desperation with them. Martin J. Mitchell explains what happened to themFri, 06 Nov 2020 12:48:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/1106/1176413-the-irish-invasion-how-the-irish-famine-changed-scotland/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0915/1165372-greatest-ravages-the-1851-census-and-famine-mortality/The 1851 census gives a detailed picture of Ireland immediately after the Famine - and can tell us a lot about the devastating effects of the disasterTue, 15 Sep 2020 16:09:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0915/1165372-greatest-ravages-the-1851-census-and-famine-mortality/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0914/1165099-how-the-irish-famine-changed-new-york-city-forever/Thanks to emigration triggered by the Famine, people born in Ireland comprised almost one third of the total population of New York by 1855. The city was changed forever - but how? Anelise Hanson Shrout explains.Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:43:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0914/1165099-how-the-irish-famine-changed-new-york-city-forever/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0909/1164161-lessons-of-givingthe-choctaw-and-cherokee-nations-and-the-famine/They had just endured the cruelty of being forced from their lands in the Trail of Tears - and they were determined to help another nation in need. Padraig Kirwan and LeAnne Howe on the generosity of the Choctaw and Cherokee NationsWed, 09 Sep 2020 12:52:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0909/1164161-lessons-of-givingthe-choctaw-and-cherokee-nations-and-the-famine/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0909/1164237-so-sad-in-themselves-the-impact-of-the-great-famine/From sexual behaviour to agriculture to religion to the diaspora, the Great Famine had effects on Irish society that are still being felt today. Kevin Whelan explains.Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:30:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0909/1164237-so-sad-in-themselves-the-impact-of-the-great-famine/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0903/1163045-the-panicked-flood-emigration-and-the-great-famine/It was the exodus that changed Ireland - and the world - forever. Ciarán Ó Murchadha tells the story of how Ireland's desperate population left the country - and how they fared in their new homes.Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:22:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/0903/1163045-the-panicked-flood-emigration-and-the-great-famine/History