Claddagh Rings: During the Great Hunger, thousands of Claddagh rings that had not been redeemed were melted down into gold. During the ‘forgotten famine’ of 1879 to 1882, over 3000 rings ended up in Kirwan's pawnbrokers in Galway. Join us in June to learn more!

During the late 1840s would be #IrishFamine #emigrants were encouraged to seek out #Natal #SouthAfrica as recommended by the #Dublin born Joseph Byrne in his 'Emigrant's Journal & Natal News' Irish Embassy Pretoria Famines in Ireland before 1845 and after 1852 IrishFamineEviction

John Kelliher, Clash, Killarney, born 1829 "I haven't much Irish but I understand a share of it when spoken slowly. I remember my father & mother speaking Irish when they didn't want us to understand. I heard my mother saying her prayers in Irish." duchas.ie/en/cbes/471324…

Interesting yarn about Daniel O’Connell and the Irish language. Quite similar to the many stories later collected by the Folklore Commission about him. #Gaeilge

Famines in Ireland before 1845 and after 1852 When Ireland was struck by #famine in 1880 ('The forgotten famine') the #Irishdiaspora in #SouthAfrica responded sending money & aid including this donation from #Grahamstown per Fr Fanning & company Irish Embassy Pretoria Heather MacAlister EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Meet our keynotes: Professor Mary Corcoran of the Sociology Department at Maynooth University. Mary has just completed a semester as Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Quinnipiac’s Great Hunger Institute, examining food security in the US today. Registration is now open!

In 1863 reports hit America that Ireland was on the brink of Famine. All through the Union, soldiers and sailors dipped into their precious pay to support the "Irish Relief Fund". Within weeks many had fallen on Civil War Battlefields: irishamericancivilwar.com/2012/11/24/iri… #ForgottenIrish

A visit to Quinnipiac’s exhibition on James Hack Tuke (friend to Ireland’s poor during the Great Hunger and the forgotten famine of 1879-82), will feature at the conference. Dr Gerard Moran will also lead a roundtable discussion. Registration now open! #Twitterstorians

Famines in Ireland before 1845 and after 1852 Thanks! I have a follow up post that names more than 800 of the donors, and explores their fate here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2013/03/15/nam…

Conference at Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. 12-15 June 2019.

'The Irish Land Agent, 1830–60' is nearly out of print – we've got just 5 copies left! Ciarán Reilly’s fascinating study of land agents in King’s County (modern #Offaly) explores the stereotype of land agents as tormentors of the tenantry: fourcourtspress.ie/books/2014/the…

This promises to be a fascinating paper by Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna, who is working under the supervision of the Great Hunger Institute's founding director, Prof. Christine Kinealy!

"His work was original, courageous, research-based and challenging." Statement by President Higgins on the death of Prof. David Fitzpatrick: president.ie/en/media-libra…

Black Fenians were included in public Fenian displays: former slave turned civil-rights activist Col. Robert Harlan was at the head of a Fenian procession in in Ohio in 1871. Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna

#Winter day in #Boston, passing #IrishFamine #memorial @ Washington & School Streets #DowntownCrossing. 'Triumph over Tragedy' is memorial's theme + offers hope to all #refugees regardless of origin. The story of 19th century #BostonIrish is the story of #America. #GreatHunger

Our June conference will feature, in partnership with the Irish Heritage Trust, the Great Famine Voices Roadshow, on 14 June. If you would like to share your memories and stories, and be part of a permanent archive, please joins us. For more information on both visit: [email protected]

Powerful speech by Dr. John McColgan @Boston_Archive about the #British injustice & callousness that caused #IrishFamine #AnGortaMor, driving millions of #Irish refuge to #boston & other #American cities in the 1840s. irishboston.blogspot.com/2019/05/irish-…

Remains found washed up on a beach in Canada have been confirmed to be those of Irish victims of a shipwreck fleeing from the potato famine. ow.ly/mlXS50uzZgI

Part of the Great Hunger Institute's upcoming conference on Famines before 1845 and after 1852 is the Great Famine Voices Roadshow. Come and share your immigration story with us! greatfaminevoices.ie

Only a couple of days until #ForgottenFamines here at Quinnipiac University! Wonderful lineup scheduled qu.edu/on-campus/inst… #IrishStudies