A selection of 360 degree photos from the interior and gardens of Strokestown Park House. All were taken by Atul Nautiyal and Gary Munnelly from the ADAPT Centre when they visited there last week at the start of the National Famine Way Walk. Drag the image along with your mouse to view more, or click on the small square in the lower-right to go full-screen.

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 →

 A Canadian Wake with music and story that was held in The Percy French Hotel in Strokestown to say farewell and to mark, as in olden days, the leaving of a group emigrants.

The renowned author Marita Conlon-McKenna reflected on their departure.  In her own words:

From Irish Times (March 31, 2017)

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/i-feel-an-obligation-to-re-engage-and-better-understand-what-it-is-to-be-irish-1.3032147