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
It’s a memory I’ll hold forever, it’s made me take an interest in our history. Continue reading
Many of these wine also have Irish roots.
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The aim, once they have collated all the descendants, is to reconnect them with their ancestors in Ireland. Continue reading
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
Arrival of Irish Famine Orphan Girls in Melbourne
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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
the main emphasis of his address was to the impressive histories of all the Irish diaspora around the world, Continue reading
His Excellency, the Irish Ambassador to Australia, the Honourable Noel White, will be the guest speaker at this year’s event. Continue reading
Today, the Lender Family Special Collection at Quinnipiac University is probably the largest collection in the world of published material relating to the Irish Famine. Continue reading
