A treat for those of
you wishing to know more about their Irish Famine ancestors, next month Ireland’s
Great Hunger Museum
will open at Quinnipiac
University
... [it] is home to the world’s largest collection of visual art,
artifacts and printed materials relating to the starvation and forced
emigration that occurred throughout Ireland
The museum offers a unique opportunity for people of all ages and
backgrounds to explore the largely unrepresented, unspoken and unresolved
causes and consequences of this tragedy, as well as to appreciate the art that
it continues to inspire.
And, there is more than “art.” The museum also has a collection of British Parliamentary Papers (1801-1893) and Killarney Workhouse Minutes (1845-1848) which are or are coming
online.
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