Recent publication by Dr Ian Donohue called 'Rapid ecosystem recovery from diffuse pollution after the Great Irish Famine' published in Ecological Applications

August 2010

Recent research published in Ecological Applications (Read the full paper here PDF) led by Ian Donohue of Trinity College Dublin, together with other researchers from TCD, University College Dublin, Spain and the United States, has revealed that water quality improved rapidly and dramatically as a direct consequence of the Great Famine. (Read the full press release here PDF)