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I was there 3 weeks ago and it was awe inspiring. My great grandmother, at the age of 10, left this beautiful part of the world with her big sister. She ended up in Australia, married my great grandfather and started a grand family.
My ancesters left Mayo Conimara and Galway, at the time of the famine settled inLeeds Yorkshire in the 1840s. They faced terrible prejudice in England for many years, the stories of hardship and survival, passed down to me by my Grandparents.
Canada here. I very much enjoyed my visit there in 2016, disturbing though it was. As I toured the house it was apparent the McMahons did everything they could to separate themselves from their tenants and servants. They kept the workers out of sight as much as possible. I believe they did not consider the Irish as real human beings, flesh and blood like them. That is how they were able to send so many off on coffin ships while they were malnourished and sick. The assassination was justice, in my opinion. Lord Palmerston, on the other hand, in Sligo, did all he could to improve his estate. It was over-populated, and his answer was to ASSIST his tenants to emigrate to the new world -- he did it for 20 years. Palmerston always treated his tenants with dignity, and he refused to evict anyone. No one thought of killing him.
There was no need for all this. Loads of food available at the time but the collective thought at the time was"A dinner wasn't a dinner without spuds"so they stopped eating! The humble spud went on to make a great comeback and is now a worldwide favourite staple having originated in Ireland. Hope this is helpful in people's understanding of what actually happened.
We visited in 2014. Joe and his wife Maeve are wonderful hosts and fantastic tour guides, and the whole place is beautiful and magical. Go there if you can.
I honeymooned in Ireland in 1987 and while waiting in Shannon Airport to depart for home, I realized that my wife and I hadn't really purchased anything from Ireland to take home. I stepped away and quickly entered a duty-free shop near where we were sitting and snagged a triple distilled bottle of Bushmills. I've never been a whiskey drinker, but some 20 years later, I introduced a couple of visiting friends to the still unopened bottle of Bushmills. The two of them polished off about 90% of the bottle. Fittingly, one of these gentleman is named Daniel O'Brien.
I found a grave stone for my 3rd great grandfather John McCann. Although it is very difficult to read but it says John McCann Born County Derry Died September 11th, 1862 at 76 years. So he was born in 1786. I don't have an exact location. I have a cousin who paid for some research. She sent me lots of documents, I NEED to look through all of that and see if I have info on him.
IDerry is a terrific city to visit, from the wall to the Guildhall, to the streets themselves. The city bus tour is well worth it. I also applaud their efforts to end the prejudices and bring the people together,
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Visited the house a few years ago. It was absolutely filthy. Dust everywhere. Totally neglected by the "custodians"! This is what happens when people have no idea what they are doing. It was quite sad to see the house being so neglected.
The "west Brit" establishment are completely twisted (They're also a tiny but powerful minority) British colonial settlers have no right to be called Irish, Irish people of the time attended hedge schools not Trinity, they lived in tiny thatched cottages not country mansions. How many Irish family's had to suffer in order to pay for Strokestown House, what was the human cost?
Nothing to do with the Irish Famine but for those interested in the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921 the British calvary regiment the 9th Lancers were based in Strokesdown House.
Just loved the visit to St Finbarr and definitely 'the beautiful' Gougane Barra - it's spirituality even shone through the internet - it is on my list to visit again!
