The American creator of a board game that is based on the Irish Famine has responded to the backlash from Irish people.

More than €12,000 has been raised for a controversial new board game centering around one of the most defining events in ...

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) – While he grew up in New York, John Lahey recalls, the Irish famine was almost a taboo topic. But these days, the Quinnipiac University president and former grand marshal of the ...

Some callers to RTÉ’s Liveline described the idea of the game as “repulsive”, while others felt it was a good way to educate ...

A NEW board game themed around the Irish Famine has sparked controversy, with the Irish Emigration Museum labelling it “in ...

Architect and part-time game designer behind The Great Hunger hopes game will educate more Americans on the famine ...

This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The annual public ceremony, which will be broadcast on RTÉ News Now channel, will ...

Pat Uniacke is a champion hurler, not a golfer, but on Sunday he drove his construction truck up from San Bruno just to stand at an overlook of the 17th tee at San Francisco’s Lincoln Park Golf Course ...

On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great Irish famine that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus of Irish refugees and ...