The museum tells the story of the Great Famine through the personal tragedies of the tenants on the Strokestown Estate and of their landlords, the once prosperous Pakenham Mahon family.
The sculptor who created the well-known famine memorial on Dublin’s quays, has revealed his late father “refused to look at” the work as he felt their family hadn’t suffered during that time.
Those plans represent the San Francisco Irish Great Famine Memorial Plaza, and sometime before St. Patrick’s Day, Uniacke will file them with the building department — to begin, at last ...
Dublin, 25 July 1916 - The Dublin coal strike ... [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ...
Lincoln was one of 15,000 people worldwide to donate money to Ireland during the Great Irish Famine. This is according to evidence unearthed by respected Irish historian Christine Kinealy ...
Dublin, 25 July 1916 - The Dublin coal strike ... [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ...