‘No imagination can conceive —no tongue express—no brush paint—the horrors of the scenes which are daily exhibited in Ireland’, observed Senator Henry Clay in 1847. Calling upon the support of his Creator, he reminded his fellow Americans that ‘the practice of charity’ was the greatest act of humanity. In terms of private efforts, Americans heard … Read more
In August of 1849, in London, a huge property was put up for auction: the former Martin Estate in Connemara. According to the prospectus: It is impossible for the mind of man to conceive anything necessary but capital, and a judicious application of it, for rendering this vast Property fertile beyond a parallel, that this … Read more
Currently in pre-production, Poorhouse is a half-hour drama set during the period of the Great Famine. The film is co-written and directed by Frank Stapelton and adapted from a story by Michael Harding. The film’s plot concerns the relationship between an elderly gravedigger at the workhouse and a young pregnant woman who arrives there from … Read more
The Third Irish Genealogical Congress will take place on 22-28September 1997 in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. A number ofpresentations on the Famine are planned as part of the 150thanniversary. Another theme will be the seventy-five years work toreconstitute the records destroyed in the Four Courts fire in 1922, aswell as the usual round of excursions, … Read more
Cambridge University History Faculty, in association with HistoryIreland, is holding a one day symposium on The Irish Famine andMigration at Queens’ College, Cambridge on Sunday 31 March 1996. Thesymposium forms part of a series of world-wide events to commemoratethe 150th anniversary of the Great Irish Famine. Speakers will includeBrendan Bradshaw, Jim Donnelly, John Belchem, Robert … Read more