Come and share your family memories and stories of coming from Ireland to the United States at this free, open house event!
The Irish National Famine Museum at Stroketown Park and Irish Heritage Trust are bringing the Great Famine Voices Roadshow to Glucksman Ireland House from 11am to 4pm on Friday, April 13th. The purpose of the Roadshow is to bring together Irish emigrants, their descendants, and members of their communities to share family memories and stories of migration from Ireland to New York, especially during the period of the Great Hunger and afterwards. They will be gathered for the Great Famine Voices online archive.
The Roadshow is a free, open house event that will feature short talks about the Irish National Famine Museum in Strokestown Park and the Great Hunger by the leading expert in the field, Professor Christine Kinealy from Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, an opportunity to share family stories, and a reception with light refreshments.
The Great Famine Voices Roadshow is hosted by the Irish National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park and the Irish Heritage Trust in partnership with Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. The Roadshow will also travel to Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Toronto and Montreal. The Great Famine Voices Roadshow is funded by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme.
Strokestown Park is a unique visitor attraction in Strokestown, Co Roscommon in the west of Ireland. It comprises Strokestown Park House, a Georgian Palladian mansion preserved with its original furnishings and fabrics, a walled garden, and the Irish National Famine Museum. The House was the family home of the landlord Major Denis Mahon, who was assassinated in November 1847 after forcing his tenants to emigrate on some of the worst of the coffin ships. It is fitting that The Irish National Famine Museum was established at Strokestown Park and is now bringing the Great Famine Voices Roadshow to New York where so many Irish people have made new lives.