GREAT IRISH
FAMINE
STEPHEN J CAMPBELL
This book is based on the Famine
Museum at Strokestown Park and gives a comprehensive account of the
history of Ireland at the time of The Great Irish Famine, with particular
emphasis on the effects of this catastrophe on the lives of the tenants on
the Strokestown Estate. It also contains several illustrations from the
panels in the museum.
Price €6.50 plus €5.00 P&P
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GREAT IRISH
FAMINE AND FAMINE TODAY
This is an activity based education pack
specifically designed for use with the school curriculum or by anyone with
an educational interest in the Great Irish Famine or Famine today. Role
plays, based on many of the exhibits in the Famine Museum, are used to
evaluate what it would have been like to have lived in Ireland during the
famine years and what can be learned from this in order to educate people
about the continuing phenomenon of famine in the world today.
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STROKESTOWN HOUSE AND GARDENS VISITORS BOOK
A concise history of
Strokestown Park House & Walled Gardens and the Packenham Mahon
Family. Includes images from Strokestown Park House and Gardens past and
present.
Price
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THE
CHRONOLOGY
This is a replica of an unusual feature in the first room
which outlines several dates in Irish history beginning significantly with
1166, the beginning of the Norman Invasion. This panel goes on to outline
the power struggles between the Irish and British Colonisation right up to
1845, the beginning of the Famine.
Price €6.50 plus €3.00
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THE CLOONAHEE
PETITION
This letter from the Cloonahee tenants to the Landlord, Denis
Mahon is a plea for aid for those left without food due to the ravages of
potato blight. It highlights the desperation of a people facing certain
starvation.
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THE FREEMANS
JOURNAL - APRIL 29th 1848
This article was published by the local
bishop, Bishop George Browne in an effort to publicise the extreme
conditions experienced by the Irish tenants on the Strokestown estate. It
includes a list of the names of some 3006 people who had been evicted from
the Strokestown Park estate up to that date.
Price €6.50 plus €3.00
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These items can be purchased by sending a cheque for the appropriate amount (in Euro) made payable to Westward Holdings Ltd, or sending your credit card details, clearly listing your choice(s) and making sure to include your postal address to:
The National Irish Famine Museum,
Strokestown Park,
Strokestown,
Co Roscommon,
Ireland.
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