*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. An Irish priest visits a farming family during the Great Famine in this illustration. People in Ireland are paying it forward ...

The native-born Americans at the time the famine Irish came said, “oh, they’re going to all ask for charity and we’re going to have to support them.” But no, they didn’t want to rely on ...

People in Ireland are paying it forward, inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago.