National Famine Way Custom House Quay Symposium
Event Information
Description
The National Famine Way Custom House Quay Symposium explores the impact and legacies of the Great Hunger and Famine Migration on Dublin and Ireland, as well as the experiences of emigrants and immigrants in Dublin today.
Agenda:
10.00-10:45am
Professor Mark McGowan, University of Toronto, Canada.
"Leaving Strokestown and Dublin: Voices, Victims, and Virtue during the Irish Famine migration to Canada"
10:45-11.15-am
Dr Angela Byrne (EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Historian in Residence).
11:15-11:45pm
Coffee
11:45-12:30pm
Professor Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac University, USA
“The Great Hunger in Dublin: Why Guinness isn’t always good for you”
12.30-2pm
Lunch
(not provided)
2-2:30pm
Caroilin Callery (Strokestown Park House and Irish Heritage Trust)
“Reflections on National Famine Way”
2.30-3.00 pm
Cathal Poirteir.
“The National Folklore Collection in UCD & Famine Folklore”
3.00-3.30 pm
Coffee
3:30-4:20pm
Abdullah al Jaber. “A Refugee’s Journey from Syria to Dublin”.
Screening of Through Abdullah's Eyes - Syrian Refugee's Journey Through Europe (42 min)
4.15-5pm
Closing Plenary - Round Table Discussion