The National Famine Museum (Irish: Músaem Náisiúnta an Ghorta Mhóir) is located at Strokestown Park, County Roscommon, Ireland. The museum contains records from the time of Ireland's Great Famine of 1845–1852.[1] It was built by the Westward Group and all the documents on display in the museum are from the estate. The exhibits aim to explain the famine, which was triggered by the failure of successive potato harvests, and to draw parallels with the occurrence of famine (a widespread scarcity of food) in the world today.[2]
The Irish National Famine Museum is twinned with the Grosse Isle and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site in Quebec, Canada.[3] It is not affiliated with the similarly-named National Famine Memorial at Murrisk, County Mayo or with Ireland's Great Hunger Museum in the US.
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References
- ^ S. Hood, "Through the gates—power and profit in Strokestown, County Roscommon", in Finn-Einar Elissen and Geir Atle Ersland (eds.), Power, profit and urban land.
- ^ "Strokestown Park". Strokestown Park. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Michael Collins; Jason King (25 May 2017). "National Famine Walk: 'Remember your soul and your liberty'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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