FREE online lectures series commencing Thursday, 30 Jan 2025, for 5 weeks

Hosted by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

30th January @ 7pm (GMT)
“Children in Irish workhouses during and after the Great Famine”
Dr Simon Gallaher

6th February @ 7pm (GMT)
“Of Monsters and ogres: Evicting the poor during Ireland’s Great Famine”
Dr Ciarán Reilly – Maynooth University.

13th February @ 7pm (GMT)
“Popular piety in Ireland the pre-Famine and post-Famine periods”
Prof. Salvador Ryan – St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth.

“Rippling Effects of The Great Irish Famine: Separated from family by crime and transportation”
Dr Perry McIntyre AM – Visiting Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales, Australia.

20th February @ 7pm (GMT)
“The Great Famine on the Powerscourt Estate (Benburb district) & along the Blackwater, 1845-52”
Dr Dónal McAnallen – National Museums Northern Ireland

27th February @ 7pm (GMT)
“Mothering and infant feeding in the workhouse during the Great Irish Famine”
Judy Bolger – Trinity College Dublin

Each lecture will be recorded to accommodate those unable to attend live.
Pre-registration essential. More information here.