Irish Famine Exhibition

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Operator: Irish Famine Exhibition
Duration: 1 hour
Area: Dublin
Prices: Adults: €15.00, Students: €12.00, Senior Citizens: €14.00

What to expect

• Exhibition on the Irish Potato Famine
• Features Original Artifacts
• Original Newspaper Reports & Letters
• Short Film on the Irish Famine
• Extensive 19th Century Photographs

About this tour

Over a million poor Irish people were forced to emigrate and over a million died of starvation. Almost two hundred years later the population of Ireland has not recovered to what it was before the famine.

This exhibition includes a variety original artifacts including an extensive collection of 19th century photographs and eye witness accounts. It also features a short film on the famine that covers subjects like the infamous Irish workhouses, forced evictions from farms and houses and the disease and starvation that the peasant Irish population were forced to endure.

Other material covered in the exhibition includes original newspaper accounts, an original Famine Pot and an original letter of eviction from a tenant to his landlord.

LOCATION

The Irish Famine Exibition is located on the 2nd floor of Stephens Green Shopping Centre, just a stones throw away from The Little Museum of Dublin. Step back in time at Dublin’s favourite museum and learn all about the capital city’s fascinating history!

Additional Information

The Irish Famine Exhibition is located on the 2nd Floor of the Stephens Green Shopping Centre.

From the main Grafton Street Entrance, take the
elevator on the right to the 2nd Floor and veer left.

Dates and Hours:

April 1st to September 30th, every day, 12pm to 6pm.

Meeting point

Unit 200B, Floor, 2 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, D02 XY76, Ireland