Mary and Catherine Cunningham, along with the other Workhouse girls from Mountbellew, did not deserve to be forgotten.
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Filed under Famine Orphan Girls …
Index to Trevor McClaughlin’s Famine Girls Archive
a useful resource for anyone interested in this aspect of Irish-Australian history. Continue reading
Famine Memorial Hobart
To find a convict ancestor is no longer a matter of shame but can be cause for reflection and indeed celebration. Continue reading
ONLY NINETEEN
Rosanna Flemming, an Irish Famine Orphan, had serious medical and psychological issues. It is not known what triggered them. We know that she lost at least two children in infancy, but perhaps her earlier experiences in Ireland played a part…. Continue reading
Irish girls and their Famine story honoured
It’s a memory I’ll hold forever, it’s made me take an interest in our history. Continue reading
Paddy Gleeson and the Clare Valley
Many of these wine also have Irish roots.
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Mountbellew Workhouse Project
The aim, once they have collated all the descendants, is to reconnect them with their ancestors in Ireland. Continue reading
Impromptu music at the 2016 Famine commemoration at Williamstown
Ambassador Breandán took an inclusive and humanist approach, linking the sufferings of the victims of the Irish Famine with those of people displaced today. Continue reading
Famine Rock Memorial
Arrival of Irish Famine Orphan Girls in Melbourne
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Trevor McClaughlin’s latest challenge….
A FEATURE by TREVOR McCLAUGHLIN Reiterating some challenges to readers/researchers in his latest powerful blog. This blog is based on a talk to the International Irish Famine commemoration in Sydney in 2013. An edited version was published in Tinteán and the challenges frustratingly still remain. It is reproduced here with permission of the author in the hopes of inspiring … Continue reading
