Great Irish Famine Commemoration Website
Added: 01 Oct 2018
Contributor:
Dave O'Mahony
Resource type:
Guide/notes
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Project
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Reference
The National Famine Commemoration Committee was first established in 2008 following a Government decision to commemorate the Great Irish Famine with an annual national famine memorial day. The annual national commemoration revolves between the four provinces of Ireland. An international event also takes place annually to commemorate the Great Irish Famine.
Details of the work of the National Famine Commemoration Committees since 2008 in implementing a varied and diverse annual programme of events to coincide with the National Famine Commemoration are available on this website.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- SESE History
Strand: Eras of Change & Conflict
Strand unit: The Great Famine
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with aspects of these periods
- examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally
- record the place of peoples and events on appropriate timelines
- JC
- History
Strand: 2. The History of Ireland
Strand unit: 7. The Great Famine
- SC
- History
Strand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 4 Diaspora 1840-1966
