Dr Jason King is academic coordinator for the Irish Heritage Trust. He has previously taught at NUI Galway, the University of Limerick, the Université de Montréal, Concordia University, NUI Maynooth, and NUI Cork.
He specializes in Great Irish Continue reading
Dr Jason King is academic coordinator for the Irish Heritage Trust. He has previously taught at NUI Galway, the University of Limerick, the Université de Montréal, Concordia University, NUI Maynooth, and NUI Cork.
He specializes in Great Irish Continue reading
When walking along the National Famine Way on the Royal Canal towards Longwood, County Meath, it is hard to imagine how the original 1,490 men, women and children must have felt as canal boats and barges passed them Continue reading
The story of the 1,490 is one that has been reconstructed from the treasure trove of documents found in the Strokestown Park Archive.
An extract from the Cloonahee Petition, 1846, Strokestown Park Archive.
The leading scholars in the field Continue reading
The National Famine Way passes the Robinstown famine graveyard in Mullingar at its mid-point. This graveyard provides a quiet and contemplative setting to reflect on the journey of the 1,490 emigrants from Strokestown and all who Continue reading
The Mullingar Workhouse is one of the best preserved and most moving sites on the National Famine Way. According to Seamus O’Brien, the “Mullingar poor law union was one of the largest in the country. The union workhouse, which was Continue reading
Mullingar was badly hit during the Great Irish Famine. The Mullingar Workhouse was opened in
December in 1842 and was able to hold 900 people. However with the arrival of the Great Famine
its numbers swelled as the masses of Continue reading
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Dr Jason King is academic coordinator for the Irish Heritage Trust. He has previously Continue reading
