St. Mary's Famine Museum, Thurles. Tipperary.
All schools around Ireland will hold a minute’s silence tomorrow as a mark of respect for all those who died, suffered or were forced to emigrated, during the Great Famine period 1845-1849, here in Ireland.
Known, mostly outside of Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine, this period witnessed the death of approximately 1.3 million people and the emigration of at least 1 million others from Ireland, causing the island’s population to fall by between 20% and 25%.
On Sunday next St Mary’s Famine Museum here in Thurles will officially open from 2:00pm – 5:30pm for the current Tipperary tourism season (May 1st to September 30th) with the museum running a series of “Guided Tour Lectures,” on the afternoon, as part of the Irelands 2012 National Famine Commemorations.
Thurles Famine Museum now holds the largest collection of original Famine Memorabilia in Ireland and a number of new exhibition items will go on display for the very first time on Sunday, including an original document which is the only proof in existence of the “Tithe Wars,” here in Thurles.
Sandhurst Military Academy Uniforms And Holocaust Exhibition
Other events planned for later this year at St. Marys Museum include:-
- An exhibition of clothing and other artefacts from the Downton Abbey era of Irish history, including old military uniforms from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Surrey, England.
- A Holocaust photographic exhibition entitled “The Shoah,” dedicated to the memory and genocide of 5.29 – 6.2 million of our Jewish brethren.
Full details of these exhibitions will be announced by St Mary’s Famine Museum, in the coming weeks.
In the meanwhile if you are out and about on Sunday afternoon next do call to St Mary’s Famine Museum in Thurles. Entry for this event costs just €2.50 which includes the ‘Lecture Tour,’ latter which begins sharp at 3:00pm.
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