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The Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine [14] is located in the courtyard wall of the Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Symbolising the experiences of young Irishwomen fleeing the Great Irish Famine of 1845–1849, and funded by the NSW Government , the Irish Government and the Irish Australians , [ 15 ] it was sculpted by ...
The museum contains records from the time of Ireland's Great Famine of 1845–1852. [1] The exhibits aim to explain the famine, which was triggered by the failure of successive potato harvests, and to draw parallels with the occurrence of famine (a widespread scarcity of food) in the world today. [2] The historic relevance of Strokestown is ...
Known locally as the Warhouse, it became a National Monument in 1989, was renovated in 2000–01 and was renamed "Famine Warhouse 1848" in 2004. Today it houses a museum with exhibits on the Great Famine and mass emigration , the rebellion, the high treason trials and exile of the Young Ireland leaders in Australia and their escapes to the US.
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum opened its doors in October 2012 at the site of a former public library and office building renovated into a museum space by Wyeth Architects. [5] Grace O'Sullivan of NCAD in Dublin was the museum's inaugural curator, author Christine Kinealy its director, and Grace Brady of the Met its executive director.
History: Life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, the mass emigration, the Great Famine, how criminals were transported to Australia Colmcille Heritage Centre: Gartan: Donegal: Ulster: Border: Religious: website, life of 6th-century Saint Colmcille, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland: Connemara Heritage and History Centre ...
The Famine Memorial, officially titled Famine, is a memorial in Dublin, Ireland. The memorial, which stands on Customs House Quay , is in remembrance of the Great Famine (1845-1849), which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration .
Strokestown Park House is a Palladian style Georgian house in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland, set on about 300 acres (120 ha). [1]Privately owned by the Westward Group, the house and National Famine Museum which occupies its former out buildings are both open to the public.