Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario (35:49) shares stories from the city’s descendants of Famine emigrants and members of the Irish Canadian Club of Hamilton near the location of one of Canada’s forgotten Irish burial grounds in Burlington Heights. They offer moving accounts of the growth of Hamilton’s Irish community from the tragic year of 1847 and the establishment of its … [Read more...] about Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario
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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
William Wells Brown: Black Abolitionist in Famine Ireland
IA Newsletter June 4, 2022
William Wells Brown: Black Abolitionist in Famine Ireland is part of the Great Famine Voices 2022 season, hosted by the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, the Irish Heritage Trust, and Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, with funding from the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme. Professor Christine Kinealy (Ireland's Great Hunger … [Read more...] about William Wells Brown: Black Abolitionist in Famine Ireland
The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park
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
The Famine Irish in Glasgow
By Dr. Martin Mitchell
IA Newsletter June 11, 2022
IA Newsletter June 11, 2022
The Famine Irish in Glasgow features Sir Tom Devine, Emeritus Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh. Sir Tom looks at the Irish emigrants who arrived in Scotland’s largest city and explains how they were viewed and treated by the authorities, and by other important institutions and organisations. Sir Tom’s four … [Read more...] about The Famine Irish in Glasgow