The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park (6:32) short film is being launched by the Irish Heritage Trust to mark Ireland’s National Famine Commemoration Day, to be held in Strokestown Park on 15 May. The film provides a behind-the-scenes look at the National Famine Museum’s redevelopment where the story of Strokestown’s tragic past is brought to life through a … [Read more...] about The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park
Great Famine Voices New York State
Great Famine Voices New York State is introduced by New York State Senator Timothy M. Kennedy. The film shares the stories of Irish-American New Yorkers and the descendants of Famine Emigrants from the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany, the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley in Utica, and the Erie Canal Museum and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, and the Buffalo … [Read more...] about Great Famine Voices New York State
Tracing Strokestown Famine Emigrants on the Welland Canal
In Tracing Strokestown Famine Emigrants on the Welland Canal (33:58), Professor Mark McGowan from the University of Toronto follows in the footsteps of some of the 1,490 assisted migrants from the Strokestown Park estate (now home of the National Famine Museum) in 1847 who resettled in Canada’s Niagara region to find work on the Welland Canal. He uses newly discovered … [Read more...] about Tracing Strokestown Famine Emigrants on the Welland Canal
News Roundup April 23, 2022
By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter April 21, 2022
IA Newsletter April 21, 2022
2022 Global Irish Festival Series Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Mr. Colm Brophy T.D. undertook a two-day visit to New York on Monday 18th of April as part of a series of stops across North America to meet with Irish-American communities and to highlight the return of the Global Irish Festival Series. The Minister’s visit was an opportunity … [Read more...] about News Roundup April 23, 2022
The Prodigals Release “Belturbet Town”
This coming Friday, April 29, 2022, the Prodigals will release their tenth album marking a quarter-century of performing across the United States, as well as in Ireland, Germany, and Canada. There will be two launch locations: 5 pm at An Beal Bocht in the Bronx, and 9 pm at Paddy Reilly's Music Bar, 29th St and 2nd Ave in Manhattan. For more information email: … [Read more...] about The Prodigals Release “Belturbet Town”