Gáirdín an Ghorta This is the garden of remembrance. The path through the garden is a metaphor for Irish history. The journey along the path is synonymous with the journey of the Irish people from pre-famine era to the future.
Gáirdín an Ghorta This is the garden of remembrance. The path through the garden is a metaphor for Irish history. The journey along the path is synonymous with the journey of the Irish people from pre-famine era to the future.
Gáirdín an Ghorta This is the garden of remembrance. The path through the garden is a metaphor for Irish history. The journey along the path is synonymous with the journey of the Irish people from pre-famine era to the future.
Gáirdín an Ghorta This is the garden of remembrance. The path through the garden is a metaphor for Irish history. The journey along the path is synonymous with the journey of the Irish people from pre-famine era to the future.
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An Gorta Mór The Great Famine
In the decade 1841 to 1851 Ireland changed dramatically.
Two million people disappeared, one million died and one million emigrated.
1851 marked the end of the potato blight, however, disease and destitution remained. Emigration peaked in 1854 and thereafter remained a fact of life in the 19th century.
Community spirit is a defining characteristic of pre-famine Ireland.
Communities worked together sharing food, skills and labour.
This system
of communal sharing without the use of money was called Meitheal or Comhar.
The spirit of community pervaded through the rich culture of musicmaking,
poetry and storytelling. Irish society before the famine was rich in artistic
expression and social values.
The Famine destroyed everything
The catastrophic effects of death and hunger shattered the spirit of the people. Disease and destitution became commonplace The terrible legacy that the famine has endowed on the Irish psyche has been described as a pain that we have passed silently to one another.
The catastrophic effects of death and hunger shattered the spirit of the people. Disease and destitution became commonplace The terrible legacy that the famine has endowed on the Irish psyche has been described as a pain that we have passed silently to one another.
An Gorta Mór The Great Famine
In the decade 1841 to 1851 Ireland changed dramatically.
Two million people disappeared, one million died and one million emigrated.
1851 marked the end of the potato blight, however, disease and destitution remained. Emigration peaked in 1854 and thereafter remained a fact of life in the 19th century.
Community spirit is a defining characteristic of pre-famine Ireland.
Communities worked together sharing food, skills and labour.
This system of communal sharing without the use of money was called Meitheal or Comhar.
The spirit of community pervaded through the rich culture of musicmaking,
poetry and storytelling. Irish society before the famine was rich in artistic
expression and social values.