Tag: Irish famine

Total Results: 4


'Strange stories and traditions, whether Irish or English, have this in common: they invite us to take care.' Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty.
October 31, 2025

Do the Irish believe in ghosts? Collective trauma feeds the supernatural

Alexander Poots

Monday
11.08

11.08

Famine is an age-old weapon Gaza is suffering as Ireland once did

Terry Eagleton

Wednesday
02.10

02.10

Wuthering Heights isn’t a love story Heathcliff is a sado-masochistic wretch

Terry Eagleton

Wednesday
09.09

09.09

How the Great Famine made Catholic Ireland The restrained and conservative nature of the country was a response to the trauma

Michael Duggan