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
Famine Irish Voices 2022
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 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
An Gorta Mór: Passage to India
In this award-winning documentary, An Gorta Mór: Passage to India, Ian Michael traces the journey of his ancestor John Footman from Clonakilty in 1847 aboard the Kent to Madras (now Chennai), in India. He travels back to his ancestral home and reflects on the meaning of Irish Indian identity today. Please join us with Ian Michael and the Ambassador of Ireland to India, Brendan … [Read more...] about An Gorta Mór: Passage to India
The Famine Irish in Chicago
Sunday, May 1, 2022, 7:00 pm in Ireland, 2:00 pm EST, 1:00 pm in CST, 11:00 am PST This Sunday, May 1st is the first presentation of The Great Famine Voices Film Series. An 8-week series presented by the National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park, Ireland, and the Irish Heritage Trust that runs from May 1st to June 19th. It is funded by the Government of Ireland Emigrant … [Read more...] about The Famine Irish in Chicago