The Irish Heritage Trust is an independent charity established in 2006 to serve as Ireland’s national, independent, heritage property organisation.
We took responsibility for our first property, Fota House, Arboretum & Gardens in 2007 and today the property is a key visitor attraction in Ireland’s Ancient East.
In 2015 we started managing Strokestown Park House, Gardens and the National Famine Museum. The Trust was also selected to help revive and regenerate Johnstown Castle Estate, Museum & Gardens.
We have exciting plans for our Dublin headquarters, located in the heart of Dublin’s literary quarter at No. 11 Parnell Square East. In partnership with other cultural and heritage bodies, we have undertaken to restore, revive, and enhance this 250-year old building to become a creative public space, as well as a significant cultural hub.
In 2023 the ESB announced plans to partner with the Irish Heritage Trust to develop No. 12 Fitzwilliam Street as a museum.
Fredrick is one of my hero’s.In the 12 hundreds and other centuries it was not uncommon to see people in Arab dress walking the streets of Dingle for example.As gailge dark skined people are called fir gorm ,blue men.That’s cause they were mostly Berber north african wearing their blue robes. I could go on but my finger is getting tired👍
One of your pictures shows johnson street in the parish of Holy Cross my mother in law is in that picture with my wifes granmother it looks likes 1832 it was actually 1932.
'I had a dream where a man would not be judged by the colour of his skin but by the content of his character'.. You can't look up to any incredible Irish scientists, writers, warriors, etc because they're White - so you have to make do with looking up to some guy who gave a speech one time. 😂
Interesting... name Aldridge it's a viking name, it's carved in a viking tower in Waterford 900AD. Aldric...It's also first name in the doomsday book, the book written by King James and that's Bible King James. Aldridge name has some of the craziest military records of all time, dating back nearly a thousand years, all over Europe and even America. It's most common name on the big tomb they built in Normandy after Dday, something like 300 of em died in one battle. King James named a whole town after a common soldier named Aldridge, it's still there in North England. That's my name, my grand dad was in WWI and WWII and his son was a soldier in irish army 35 years ... Aldridge were always freedom fighters, just look at who started the trucker strikes in Australia and Canada... Aldridge an btw, i play guitar too HAha!
This is a FANTASTIC video! What a treasure trove of knowledge and history!! I want to watch more videos by these two historians!! Where can I find more?! Outstanding!!
Thank you this is another interesting look at the Irish famine/genocide and displacement of the Irish. The generosity of people in Canada it’s nice to hear about
As the Irish ambassador says this is not a well know story in Ireland where I'm from. The teaching of Irish history in Ireland covers the Great Famine period in detail but concentrates on what happened on the island. We were thought next to nothing about what became of the people who left Ireland and now 175 years later we’re keen to find out what happened, and it's only though these excellent videos and the work of Mark McGowan and the local historians that we in Ireland can fill in the missing details. The video was very touching. Thanks to the contributors for sharing their story and best wishes to all our Irish/Canadian cousins across the pond. ☘☘☘
Great stuff. I've a lot of Irish ancestors who were Quakers and heavily involved in the soup kitchens etc. Many were so strongly against slavery that it actually meant their own businesses failed. Solidarity.
Also, consider this was after their population was decimated by European diseases, occupation and outright ethnic cleansing on places, after being forcefully relocated, discriminated against and pushed to the brink of society, after facing their own food insecurity, their own social unrest, their own lack of resources the First Nations still showed how spectacularly humane their culture was by helping the Irish and giving what they could. And how did history repay them? By burying the records of this kindness in the archives. The fact that the records have been found and the act of kindness is being celebrated by the Irish Heritage Trust commands respect. Perhaps it is time we should also offer thanks to Hawenneyu, Iagentci or Geha along side St. Patrick when we celebrate the Irish in Canada.
Don't forget that First Nations domesticated the Potato, that allowed the Irish to live on a better level of nutrition relative to the rest of Europe at the time. And when Corn was introduced to Africa, famine at the time was eradicated. First Nations domesticated 60% of the World's food. Read: '1491' by Charles Mann "With further donations from the Saugeen, Ojibwa of Lake Huron, and Moravian Ojibwa, the total Indigenous gift to the [Irish Famine] relief fund was £165, or $17,978 in today's Canadian currency. Some of these contributions came from Indigenous communities in Quebec." CBC news And my First Nations are stilled treated like 'Savages" after all the good we have done.
I never heard about Master Juba. The sad thing about it is that he had to pretend to be a white man in blackface. You have to pretend to be a man that’s pretending to be you because if you just shows up as a black man it would conflict with the negative image that blackface is supposed to showcase
Enjoyed this film, however I was appalled to discover the lack of historical input from those interviewed with the exception of Dennis Boyle, who was fortunate enough to have had his genealogy done by Peter Murphy of Saint John. I was also appalled to discover that there was no reference to the historical work of Peter Murphy, who wrote the first account of the Irish in Saint John, or had the discovery of the Asylum records and wrote a book on them which won him the Governor General's Gold metal.. Without his research there would have been no content for Prof. Mark McGowan to talk about.
Excellent video; in hindsight it is hard to forgive the lack of compassion, the utter disregard by the landlord class of their 'wretched' fellow humans, their total inhumanity. Easy to judge their outlook perhaps and call them callous. But many in our own days are no less inhuman. Those who fail to learn the lessons of history?
As an Englishman with Irish heritage from a couple of the countries shown, I've not far away at all from where they were from, that I'm currently researching I'm just lost for words. I don't think the English ruling class as a whole, that in all honesty haven't changed that much since these times, don't want people to know about what was done by those in power, many who still just don't care about anyone but themselves. I guess the Victorian thought was that people shouldn't just get hand outs, something you still hear today, but making starving people do hard labour is just beyond the pale (no pun intended) and criminal, especially because there was enough food to feed everyone but that food was to be for export and for profit for landowners, whilst people starved, which more people should be aware of today, rather than just being called woke and told nothing to see here.
Here's a song I was asked to write by the then head of the Irish Canadian cultural association of Saint John and New Brunswick, my namesake, Danny Dineen! It's called 'the ballad of James Collins'! I hope you like it!
There wasn't a famine, there was a potato blight. British soldiers took food out of Ireland to England whilst people starved to death just like on Bengal in 1943.
The famine was europe wide not just in Ireland and Scotland a bad time for all but the "irish" in glasgow still hold a terrible grudge all these years later and their hatred of fellow Scots never mind British is sickening. No one forces them to stay.
In 1847 John and Jane Morris together with their two little girls and John's sister Ellen, sailed from Westmeath to South Australia. The elder girl was Letitia my great grandmother. My mother's granny who was 7 when they sailed. Life was hard for them. John died soon after arrival. Jane remarried a widower 3 years later. She died after several years. No family stories mentioned famine.
Thank you! I've been doing a bit of family history research and looking at my Irish roots. Only recently have I become aware that it is quite possible that I would not be here without the Quakers. Its opened up an area of great interest for me a tthe moment and I hope to learn more going forward.
The Story Of THE AFRICAN GROVE THEATER, Is synonimous with The CARIB PEOPLE'S TRADITIONAL HISTORY WILLIAM HENRY BROWN , WHO OWNED THE COMPANY, was A Veteran of The CARIB WAR IN THE ISLAND OF ST.VINCENT, YURUMEI. HE SERVED AS A TRADES MASTER AT THE AFRICAN FREE SCHOOL FROM 1806 TO 1817 . IRA ALDRIDGE PORTRAYED A YOUNG YUSEF CHATUYE IN THE PLAY "THE DRAMA OF KING CHATUYE!" THE AFRICAN GROVE THEATER AND WILLIAM HENRY BROWN 'S HOUSE WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND, NOT BY RACIST MOB, BUT BY THE "FREE-MAN LEAGUE"" IN 1824 AFTER TAKING BLOODY REVENGE, WILLIAM HENRY BROWN MIGRATED TO CENTRAL AMERICA, TAKING WITH HIM MANY FAMILIES FROM SENECA, THE FREE PEOPLE'S SETTLEMENT IN NEW YORK CITY !
The British, should Know That, THE SAME CARIBS WHO WERE DEFEATED AND DEPORTED FROM THE ISLAND OF ST.VINCENT IN 1797 OCCUPIED 79 COASTAL SETTLEMENTS FROM BELIZE CITY TO BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA BY 1802! WILLIAM HENRY BROWN WAS A GRIOT WHO VANISHED FROM LIVINGSTON GUATEMALA IN 1877 AT 136 YEARS OLD. HIS CARIB NAME, BABBA MASSY
Doing nothing but bitching about having to buy their own food while they get houses before any Irish and double benefits.. They need sending home.. Ungrateful wankers...
