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Strokestown News

famine museum ... shoe stories

2/12/2020

 
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Please join Strokestown Park House, and the National Famine Museum, for a live online event in conversation with renowned author Marita Conlon-McKenna this Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm (2pm Eastern Standard Time in North America).

At the height of the Great Irish Famine in May of 1847, twelve-year-old Daniel Tighe was forced to walk 165km with 1,490 assisted emigrants from the Strokestown Park Estate, in County Roscommon, along the Royal Canal to Custom House Quay in Dublin. Their sorrowful journey is marked by over thirty pairs of bronze shoe sculptures on the new National Famine Way walking trail from Strokestown Park to EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.

Marita Conlon-McKenna tells the story of his journey in the National Famine Way Shoe Stories film.


​All are welcome!

You can watch the film here: www.strokestownpark.ie/famine/walk

This film and online event are hosted by the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park and the Irish Heritage Trust with funding from Dublin City Council.


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  • Home
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      • Town & Country Trails
    • Invest >
      • Come & live here
  • News
  • Guide
    • Businesses >
      • Accommodation
      • Agriculture, Industry & Commerce
      • Bars & Eateries
      • Build, Repair & Service
      • Education & Learning
      • Financial & Legal
      • Hair, Beauty & Living Well
      • Health Services
      • Motoring
      • Professional Services
      • Shopping, Recreation & Leisure
      • Taxi Services
    • Community Groups & Public Services >
      • Active Age
      • Angling Club
      • Comhaltas
      • Cottage Market
      • Cycling Club
      • Foroige
      • Golf Club
      • Hub Community Cafe
      • Men's Shed
      • SCDA
      • Sliabh Ban Athletics
      • STAAR Centre
      • Tidy Towns
      • Town Team
    • Festivals & Events >
      • Agricultural & Industrial Show
      • Christmas Lights
      • Christmas Market
      • Easter Parade
      • Feile Strokestown
      • Harvest & Hallowe'en Festival
      • International Poetry Festival
      • Izzy B's Fairy Festival
      • National Famine Walk
      • Summer Solstice Celebrations
      • Táin March
  • Contact