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MacDonagh Junction to host online talk on Kilkenny's Orphan Girls

A talk on Kilkenny and Ireland’s Great Famine orphan girls will take place on January 27 at 11am. The team at MacDonagh Junction are hosting the previously-postponed Heritage Week talk and are inviting people to join them online for a presentation ...

20 Jan 2022 at 09:00

National News

Comedian issues appeal to Irish people to help save lives of Africans at risk of famine

13 Sept 2022 at 10:22

National News

Taoiseach restates solidarity with Ukraine at national famine commemoration

The Taoiseach paid tribute to those who helped victims of the Irish famine as he reflected on the present day welcome Ireland has given Ukrainian refugees. Micheal Martin made the remarks as he attended the National Famine Commemoration in ...

15 May 2022 at 18:35

Local News

Dental remains exhumed in Kilkenny have revealed a lot about Famine diets

Teeth from 1840s Kilkenny have helped in recent years to shed new light on what people ate before and during the Irish Famine. Scientific analysis of dental calculus – plaque build-up – of local Famine victims found evidence of corn, oats,...

10 Mar 2023 at 14:36

Local News

Dental remains exhumed in Kilkenny have revealed a lot about Famine diets

09 Mar 2023 at 16:45

Local News

Dental remains exhumed in Kilkenny have revealed a lot about Famine diets

07 Mar 2023 at 12:42

What's On

Historian to lead 1848 Famine Walk just over the border with Kilkenny

This year’s seventeenth annual Famine 1848 Walk in Ballingarry takes place on Saturday, July 29, and will be led by the historian Dr Thomas Mc Grath, who is from Ballingarry. The walk commemorates all those who suffered and died ...

07 Jul 2023 at 16:19

Thomastown

Historian to lead Famine 1848 Walk

This year’s seventeenth annual Famine 1848 Walk in Ballingarry takes place on Saturday, 29 July, and will be led by the historian Dr Thomas McGrath, who is from Ballingarry. The Walk commemorates all those who suffered and died ...

14 Jul 2023 at 14:57

Thomastown

Re-enactment of historic Monster Meeting on Kilkenny-Tipp border this weekend

This Sunday, July 16th, a commemoration of the 1848 Monster Meeting on Slievenamon will take place. Sunday marks the 175th anniversary of that historic Monster Meeting led by Thomas Francis Meagher and the Young Irelanders in ...

14 Jul 2023 at 14:44

National News

Culture Minister urges Irish schools to observe minute of silence for Great Famine victims

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is urging Irish schools to observe a minute of silence on Friday, May 19 in honour of the victims of the Great Famine. The Irish government introduced an ...

18 May 2023 at 11:36

National News

Ireland has a moral duty to those seeking asylum – Higgins

Ireland has a moral duty to honour its commitments to those who seek asylum and refuge, President Michael D Higgins has said. The president was addressing the National Famine Commemoration which took place in Milford, Co ...

21 May 2023 at 15:48

Callan

‘Remembering the people who walked these fields and roads before us’ at Cherryfield Famine Graveyard in Callan

It’s hugely important that we look after the resting places of the people that went before us. This was the poignant message from County Council chairperson Cllr Fidelis Doherty as she visited sites in the Callan area, ...

10 Jun 2022 at 11:42

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