24 Mar 2023
Famine Migration to British North America (Canada) I Thursday 16 February I Prof. Mark McGowan, University of Toronto.
An award winning author, Mark is specialist in the religious, social, and communications history of Canada. His book, Death or Canada: The Great Famine Migration and Toronto, 1847 (2009) won him the 2010 Heritage Toronto Award. It tells a story that is still relatively unknown to most and delves beneath the surface of statistics and brings to light the stories of men and women who had to face a desperate choice: almost certain death from starvation in Ireland, or a perilous sea voyage to a faraway place called Canada.
An award winning author, Mark is specialist in the religious, social, and communications history of Canada. His book, Death or Canada: The Great Famine Migration and Toronto, 1847 (2009) won him the 2010 Heritage Toronto Award. It tells a story that is still relatively unknown to most and delves beneath the surface of statistics and brings to light the stories of men and women who had to face a desperate choice: almost certain death from starvation in Ireland, or a perilous sea voyage to a faraway place called Canada.
- 4 participants
- 1:12 hours
24 Mar 2023
Famine Roads: Archaeological Insights into the Public Works Schemes from the Great Famine in Ireland I Thursday 9 February I Dr. Colm Donnelly, Queen’s University Belfast.
Colm is an historical archaeologist in the School of Natural and Built Environment and Co-Director with Prof. Eileen Murphy of the Centre for Community Archaeology with research interests in Medieval and 17th-century Irish buildings, Gaelic Medieval Ulster, children’s burial grounds (cillíní) and community archaeology. An experienced field archaeologist, in 2021 he led a community-based archaeological excavation of a “Famine Road” at Boho, Co. Fermanagh, with Prof. Murphy. Colm has also led a transatlantic excavation and education programme between the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, and QUB.
Colm is an historical archaeologist in the School of Natural and Built Environment and Co-Director with Prof. Eileen Murphy of the Centre for Community Archaeology with research interests in Medieval and 17th-century Irish buildings, Gaelic Medieval Ulster, children’s burial grounds (cillíní) and community archaeology. An experienced field archaeologist, in 2021 he led a community-based archaeological excavation of a “Famine Road” at Boho, Co. Fermanagh, with Prof. Murphy. Colm has also led a transatlantic excavation and education programme between the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, and QUB.
- 3 participants
- 1:34 hours
24 Mar 2023
Was The Great Irish Famine an Ecological Disaster: Lessons for Policy Makers today? I Thursday 23 February I Dr. Alan Fernihough, Queen’s University Belfast
Alan is a Senior Lecturer in Queen’s Management School. His economic history research spans areas such as demography, economic growth, and international trade. In 2016, he was awarded the ESRC’s Future Research Leaders for his project The Causes and Consequences of the Great Irish Famine. Recent publications include: Population and Poverty in Ireland on the Eve of the Great Famine in Demography and Coal and the European Industrial Revolution in the Economic Journal.
Alan is a Senior Lecturer in Queen’s Management School. His economic history research spans areas such as demography, economic growth, and international trade. In 2016, he was awarded the ESRC’s Future Research Leaders for his project The Causes and Consequences of the Great Irish Famine. Recent publications include: Population and Poverty in Ireland on the Eve of the Great Famine in Demography and Coal and the European Industrial Revolution in the Economic Journal.
- 4 participants
- 1:14 hours
24 Mar 2023
The Impact of Irish Refugees in shaping Liverpool I Thursday 23 February I Emma Smith & John Maguire, Irish Liverpool Festival
Emma Smith is Artistic Director and CEO of the Liverpool Irish Festival and has led the Festival since 2016, mounting the funding approaches and project plans to revitalise the pre-existing Liverpool Irish Famine Trail. She is former Director of LOOK/15 (the Liverpool International Photography Festival) and Head of Creative Enterprise at Bluecoat, Britain’s oldest multidisciplinary arts society.
John Maguire is the Liverpool Irish Festival’s History Research Group Leader, leading a “citizen research group” to help produce their recent book and unpick the history surrounding their Trail. He is also founder and director of Arts Groupie CIC; playwright, work shopper, performer and walking tour leader.
Emma Smith is Artistic Director and CEO of the Liverpool Irish Festival and has led the Festival since 2016, mounting the funding approaches and project plans to revitalise the pre-existing Liverpool Irish Famine Trail. She is former Director of LOOK/15 (the Liverpool International Photography Festival) and Head of Creative Enterprise at Bluecoat, Britain’s oldest multidisciplinary arts society.
John Maguire is the Liverpool Irish Festival’s History Research Group Leader, leading a “citizen research group” to help produce their recent book and unpick the history surrounding their Trail. He is also founder and director of Arts Groupie CIC; playwright, work shopper, performer and walking tour leader.
- 4 participants
- 1:16 hours
24 Mar 2023
Voices from the American Civil War: The stories of Ireland famine-era emigrants and the conflict that changed their lives I Thursday 16 February I Dr. Damian Shiels, Research Fellow at Northumbria University
An historian and author, Damian’s publications include The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America (2017) and, The Irish in the American Civil War (2012). He has dedicated his time to telling the story of the Irish in the American Civil War and established his award-winning website www.irishamericancivilwar.com in 2010, which has grown into one of the longest running and most extensive history blogs in Ireland.
An historian and author, Damian’s publications include The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America (2017) and, The Irish in the American Civil War (2012). He has dedicated his time to telling the story of the Irish in the American Civil War and established his award-winning website www.irishamericancivilwar.com in 2010, which has grown into one of the longest running and most extensive history blogs in Ireland.
- 3 participants
- 1:11 hours
21 Mar 2023
Hunger, Starvation & Cost-of-Living Crises in Ireland after the Famine I Thursday 2 February I Dr. Ian Miller, Ulster University
Ian Miller is a lecturer in medical history at Ulster University. He has authored seven books on topics including the stomach, self-esteem, Irish dietary change after the Famine and the force-feeding of hunger strikers. He is PI on the podcast-based project www.epidemic-belfast.com. Ian has recently secured AHRC and UKRI funding for three projects covering Irish food poverty, mental health care in Northern Ireland and engaging local Northern Irish communities with medical history and heritage.
Ian Miller is a lecturer in medical history at Ulster University. He has authored seven books on topics including the stomach, self-esteem, Irish dietary change after the Famine and the force-feeding of hunger strikers. He is PI on the podcast-based project www.epidemic-belfast.com. Ian has recently secured AHRC and UKRI funding for three projects covering Irish food poverty, mental health care in Northern Ireland and engaging local Northern Irish communities with medical history and heritage.
- 3 participants
- 53 minutes
21 Mar 2023
The Earl Grey Scheme: Irish Famine Orphans in Australia I Thursday 2 February I Jonathon Fairall Australian journalist and author
Author of Earl Grey’s Daughters: The Women Who Changed Australia (SPSP, 2019). It tells the story of refugees from the famine who endured the longest possible sea voyage to find a new life in Australia. He is the author of two historical books and also writes about science and technology for newspapers and magazines.
Author of Earl Grey’s Daughters: The Women Who Changed Australia (SPSP, 2019). It tells the story of refugees from the famine who endured the longest possible sea voyage to find a new life in Australia. He is the author of two historical books and also writes about science and technology for newspapers and magazines.
- 3 participants
- 40 minutes
13 Feb 2023
19th Century Ireland, Context and Causes of the Great Irish Famine I Thursday 19 January 2023, 7pm I Dr. Áine Doran, Ulster University.
Áine’s research focuses on Economic History, primarily in the areas of demography, living standards and development. She is recipient of Economic History Society New Researcher Award 2021 and has authored various papers including, A Poor Inquiry: Poverty and Living Standards in Pre-Famine Ireland (22 Feb. 2021) and contributed to, The Great Irish Famine: What are the lessons for policy makers todays? (Colvin, C. L., Doran, A. & Fernihough, A., 26 Apr 2021, The Economics Observatory).
Áine’s research focuses on Economic History, primarily in the areas of demography, living standards and development. She is recipient of Economic History Society New Researcher Award 2021 and has authored various papers including, A Poor Inquiry: Poverty and Living Standards in Pre-Famine Ireland (22 Feb. 2021) and contributed to, The Great Irish Famine: What are the lessons for policy makers todays? (Colvin, C. L., Doran, A. & Fernihough, A., 26 Apr 2021, The Economics Observatory).
- 3 participants
- 59 minutes
26 Jan 2023
The Master of Portumna Workhouse: Corruption and Exploitation I Thursday 26 January 2023 I Mr. David Broderick
David is a historian and researcher from Lorrha, Co. Tipperary who currently works at the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna Co. Galway. David holds a Masters degree in Public History and Cultural Heritage from the University of Limerick. His book, Finding Ogle: The Mystery of the Disappearing Workhouse Master (2019) is a study of the Portumna Workhouse in Co. Galway and its notorious master, Henry Ogle.
David is a historian and researcher from Lorrha, Co. Tipperary who currently works at the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna Co. Galway. David holds a Masters degree in Public History and Cultural Heritage from the University of Limerick. His book, Finding Ogle: The Mystery of the Disappearing Workhouse Master (2019) is a study of the Portumna Workhouse in Co. Galway and its notorious master, Henry Ogle.
- 2 participants
- 58 minutes
26 Jan 2023
The Workhouse: Creation of the workhouse system during the famine with case study, Lurgan Workhouse, Co. Armagh I Thursday 26 January 2023 I Dr. Gerard MacAtasney
- 3 participants
- 1:08 hours
19 Jan 2023
The Province of Ulster and The Great Famine I Thursday 19 January 2023 I Dr. Gerard MacAtasney.
- 2 participants
- 58 minutes
