Unfolding tragedy of 19th-century Ireland is seen through the eyes of three children

From Dublin’s huge parade to small, quirky events around Ireland

America Letter: The US slave-turned-campaigner enjoyed a tour of Ireland in the 1840s

Major exhibition shows how artists and illustrators tried to reflect the horrors of the Great Hunger

Republican leaders fail to rally conservatives in effort to repeal Obamacare

US president’s backers laud him for keeping campaign promises and putting ‘America first’

Tens of thousands turn out for event on the National Mall in Washington DC

The idea that the US president-elect has huge popular support is a media-fuelled myth

Writer and ultrarunner Michael Collins traces a forgotten part of Irish history

Pennsylvania is Clinton’s ‘checkmate’ state and Trump’s biggest possible steal

Republican nominee shows discipline and calls on Florida voters not to believe the polls

Polls show Democrats' candidate putting Georgia in play for first time in 24 years

Gingrich praised for interview in which he accuses host of being ‘fascinated with sex’

Polls show Democrat leading nationally and in battleground states except Ohio and Iowa

Democrat’s support among young voters, a key part of the Obama coalition, has slumped

Six years in military turned Micah Johnson into ‘hermit’ and left him ‘very disappointed’

Poll analyst accurately predicted 50 State outcomes in Barack Obama’s win in 2012

Polls show Clinton beating Trump on ability to handle terrorism but a tighter race overall

Michael Collins finds an unusual Famine memorial during his 900km run