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Orange Parade Gets the Go-Ahead
Why has this fiasco erupted in our faces? Over twenty years since the last violence…
The Irish America Magazine Podcast: Brian Dooley and Anne Cadwallader
Derry, Ireland: Anne Cadwallader and Brian Dooley discuss their latest works, which focus on human…
Commemorating An Gorta Mór
They left Ireland more than 150 years ago, seeking to escape starvation and disease in…
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From Strokestown to London
In From Strokestown to London, acclaimed poet and performance artist Cherry Smyth counterpoints her impressions of female Famine Irish immigrants in London in the 1840s with her recollections of visiting the […]
Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario
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 […]
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 […]
William Wells Brown: Black Abolitionist in Famine Ireland
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 […]
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 […]
The Famine Irish in Glasgow
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 […]