An exhibition to commemorate the Great Famine has opened in the Calgach Centre, Butcher Street, Derry and will run until 13 April 1996. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm; late nights Thurs & Fri- 9pm; public holidays 12 noon-6pm. Admission: adults £2, families £5, students, OAPs, unwaged £1. Enquiries: (01504) 373177
In the last issue of History Ireland in the article on Strokestown Park House Archive, it was stated that approximately 5,000 documents are located in the National Library. There are in fact over 20,000 located there.
Due to a computer blip an explanatory note failed to accompany last issue’s crossword. There is in fact a prize (one year’s subscription to HI) for the first correct answer posted or faxed to us. We are also interested in your comments or suggestions. Was it too hard/easy, etc.? Should it be a regular feature? … Read more
Estate records of the Irish Famine: a second guide to Famine archives 1840-1855 was launched at a conference in Enniskillen on 3 February 1996. Copies are available at £4.50 (post-free) from: The Irish Famine Network, 192 Pearse St., Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Reviewed by Ciarán Parker William Smith O’Brien’s Tasmanian Journal covers the period from his arrival in Van Diemen’s Land/Tasmania in October 1849 to March 1853, a little under a year before he was granted his first conditional pardon. The journal was written by O’Brien for his wife Lucy but it is evident from both … Read more