The Famine Memorial marks the end of the National Famine Way, a 165-kilometer trail retracing the path of thousands who walked from Roscommon to Dublin in 1847. Life-sized bronze sculptures of ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

After the Irish famine in the 1840s, many more moved across the Atlantic to Central Massachusetts. According to the Boston Irish Tourism Association, Sullivan was the most common surname in ...

Discover where you can find the ruins of a rural, 19th-century Irish cottage amongst the skyscrapers of NYC!

Goodacre did paint for a while but went on to become a nationally known sculptor. Her works include the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, the Irish famine memorial in ...

In Chicago’s Gaelic Park, the Irish Famine Memorial Monument stands nearby the park’s main building. Commissioned and paid for by Gaelic Park the giant statue depicts an Irish family, their home from ...

Plans for an Irish heritage site at the future Irishtown Bend Park will evoke life in a teeming 19th-century immigrant community.

At the foot of the mountain is the haunting National Famine Memorial, a “coffin ship” pointing to America, by the Irish artist John Behan. Our trip, on a clear sunny day, was moving and beautiful.

Contributed photo The Irish Miners Memorial in Evergreen Cemetery is illuminated at night. Surrounding the centerpiece are glass plaques that list the names of immigrants who died in Leadville and ...

Colorado Guide Irish Miners' Memorial opens in Leadville For more than a century, 1,300 unmarked graves sat under the evergreen trees in the Catholic pauper’s section of a Leadville cemetery.