Blog – Strokestown Park

The Game of British Empire (1925)

From the Collection: The Game of British Empire, or Trading with the Colonies (1925).

During this period of enforced downtime across the globe, you might find yourself wondering what sort of games the children of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy would have Continue reading →

TEMPORARY CLOSURE DUE TO COVID-19

Following Government advice in relation to COVID 19, Strokestown Park & the National Famine Museum will be closed until further notice. The health and safety of our volunteers, visitors and staff are of utmost importance to the Irish Heritage Trust. Continue reading →

PAUL STRZELECKI EXHIBITION – FORGOTTEN POLISH HERO OF IRISH FAMINE

The National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park, Roscommon is to host the historical exhibition “A Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzelecki’s Struggle to Save Thousands” ” from 14^th March to 24^th May Continue reading →

Investment of €5.1 million for National Famine Museum

Strokestown Park, 23rd October 2019: Brendan Griffin T.D., Minister of State for Tourism and Sport today announced Fáilte Ireland investment of €3.9million for the new National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park in Co. Roscommon. This is the largest investment Continue reading →

DECLAN O’ROURKE LAUNCHES NATIONAL FAMINE WAY

Ireland’s Newest Heritage Trail Launched

Descendants of the #Missing1490 are being traced

May 2019: A group of walkers including international Famine experts arrived at the Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship and EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum from the National Continue reading →

Great Famine Voices Roadshow 2019

SECOND GREAT IRISH FAMINE VOICES ROADSHOW TOURING THE USA AND CANADA

Bringing together Irish emigrants and descendants during the Great Famine of Ireland

The Great Famine Voices Roadshow 2019 is a series of open house events in the United States Continue reading →

President Higgins Visits National Famine Museum

We were honoured to welcome President and Sabina Higgins to the National Famine Museum in early July. The President officially opened the newly refurbished National Famine Museum in 2013 (which was opened in 1994 by President Mary Robinson) and Continue reading →

Secret Garden Easter Trail 2018

Celebrate Easter at Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon in the idyllic setting of our walled gardens at 1pm on Easter Sunday, 1st April. Children will search for clues in the nooks and crannies of the garden to receive the chocolate Continue reading →

The Seventeenth Century Church – Mausoleum

Sitting on the church lawn now a wildflower meadow in Strokestown Park there is a ruin, the remains of a seventeenth-century church, very little is known about this church.

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