Links for Further Study of The Irish Potato Famine and Famines in General

• The international famine Center at UCC, Cork, Ireland hopes to assist with famines world wide click here to learn of the work of this organization.

 

 

• Refugees from Ireland landed in Quebec at an island called Grosse Île, where a memorial has been constructed.

 

 

• "The Starvation in Ireland", from the New York Evening Post, 31 March 1847.

 

 

• Interpreting the Irish Famine, by Liz Szabo - an attractive site

• "Is there a dearth in our  Famine heritage? Conserving the fabric of Waterford's Famine experience"

• 'Famines and the environment: The case of the

Great Irish Famine' This page expresses the view that human famines have an impact on the
natural environment and that wildlife conservationists and ecologists can benefit from studying the environmental effects of historic famines, e.g. that of Ireland.
 
• The Famine, "The Times," and Donegal, a weekly series based on contemporary records

 

 

• Irish History on the Web - an attractive site with pointers to many other sites and lots of information.

 

 

• The Famine Museum, Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland

 

 

• The online version of the Irish daily newspaper The Irish Times now has a searchable archive. Many excellent articles on the Irish Famine may be located by searching on relevant keywords.

 

 

• Views of the Famine, from Steve Taylor, a collection of contemporary views of the Irish tragedy of 1845-51, predominantly with illustrations. Includes news reports from the Illustrated London News with more than 70 engravings, and 30 cartoons from Punch.

 

 

• An 1840 excerpt from Hall's Ireland, describing the heavy dependence of the Irish on their single crop.

 

 

• An organization called "The Wild Geese" has assembled a famine exhibit based on the panels at Strokestown. Their exhibit consists of approximately 20 reproductions of panels from the Famine Museum. The panels are text and color images, including a combination of photographs, paintings and prints. The exhibit is available for rent. Please contact Francis Browne (yarp96a@prodigy.com) for availability.

 

 

• General historical resources (not restricted to the Famine) are available from the History Computerization Project, including:
 
1. Annotated directories of hundreds of historical resources;
2. Historical photos on display; and
3. An online order form to request a free, printed, History Database tutorial on the use of computer database management for historical research, writing, and cataloging.
• A portion of the history of Irish immigrants to America can be found in the History of Hell's Kitchen, courtesy of the Clinton Chronicle.

Larry Bickford of Hopkinton High School in Contoocook, NH teaches an eighth-grade unit on the Famine. Read about it on the Education page.
 
•  Cornell University publishes "The Humble Potato" for educators to use with students in science and social studies. Read about it on the Education page

• Art of the Irish Potato Famine

Kat O'Brien has recently returned from Ireland where she constructed an installation floating in the Camac River at the Carbery Water Gardens, Clondalkin, in the west of Co. Dublin. The work is entitled "La Langue d'Eau: In the Wake of Grosse Île."
The intention of the piece is to highlight the commemoration to the Irish who passed through or died at the quarantine centre at Grosse Île, Quebec during the years 1832-1938. The first ship to pass through the centre with cholera victims (June 1832) was called the "Carricks"; it had sailed from Dublin. Over 5000 Irish are buried in a mass grave on the island called Grosse Île.
The exhibition was organized by Cliondha Cussens, of the Sculptors' Society of Ireland. The work was on exhibition until mid-September 1996. She is doing more work related to this subject and would much appreciate information about possible venues for exhibitions in the US, Canada, and Ireland. She can be reached at sylviega@aei.ca or at the following address for additional information:
Kat O'Brien

4623 Esplanade
Montreal Quebec H2T 2Y6
Canada .
 
• The World History Compass is an index to sites dealing with all portions of world history. Astonishing in scope, and an excellent research tool.

• The Great History Debate

History of the Potato Famine, by Conrad Bladey
Declan Bates' response (Nov 1995) to Conrad's account, with a January 1997 postscript
Conrad Bladey's response to the comments of Mr Bates and others

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Irish, but not necessarily Famine

• Genealogy
• A large British and Irish genealogy resource

 

 

• The North of Ireland Family History Society

 

 

• IRLGEN, "a guide to tracing your Irish ancestors, and in particular to doing genealogical research in Ireland"

 

 

• Irish Family History Foundations - They charge a fee to perform genealogical research on your behalf. Perhaps a less expensive alterative to traveling to Ireland and doing your own! (but less fun!)

 

 

• The National Archives of Ireland holds the records of the Famine Relief Commission and also many Poor Law Guardian records.

 

 

• The Ireland Historic Science Center at Birr, County Offaly. "The idea is to develop a centre which will act as a focus for the historical aspects of Irish science and technology." This is a page with several nice paintings, and information on the project.




• A tourist brochure for Northern Ireland -- very nice.

 

 

• Northern Ireland Information Centre

 

 

• Radio Free Eireann

 

 

• Ceolas -- "celtic music on the Internet"

 

 

• Traditional Music on the Internet, an article from Treoir

 

 

• The Irish Times newspaper "On the Web". You can even tell them via an online form or emailable ASCII form that you want electronic delivery!

 

 

• For more information on things Irish, try Murphy's Irish Thingies Page

 

 

• The McManus Club is the oldest club in New York City. Their site has many things related to Irish-Americans, including good historical accounts of 19th and 20th century New York.

 

 

• CollegeDepot has a contest related to St Patrick's Day

• UMCOR North Korean Famine Page - how you can help.
• Online NewsHour Forum: The North Korea Famine - background on the situation, RealAudio reports and transcripts, plus a forum in which you can ask questions of Ted Yamamori of Food for the Hungry and Andrew Natsios and the staff of World Vision.
• World Vision: The Silent Famine in North Korea - "Skewed political considerations have thrown a clumsy cover on our national conscience."
• Food For the Hungry: Famine in North Korea
• North Korea Famine Report - photos from the American Friends Service Committee July 1997 field trip.
• WashingtonPost.com: World Reference -- North Korea

Organizations interested in Food Security

• Community Food Security Coalition - food security programs confront hunger and poverty with creative community-based solutions that feed people today while creating the means for permanent solutions to hunger and poor nutrition.
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - contributes, through its research, to promoting sustainable agriculture for food security in developing countries.
• Institute of Development Studies Food Security Unit - information covering the work of the group, and the issues involved.

• Southern African Development Community Food Security Programme - latest developments and bulletins, regional information database, and project information.