In this video, Carina speaks to the manager of Strokestown House, John Driscoll about the incredible history of Strokestown House and the Great Irish Famine. Sign up for A Letter From Ireland at aletterfromire...
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.
How amazing and fortunate that Jim Callery had the means and forsight to purchase the estate and then to discover the vast documentation. Hope to visit the museum one day. My g,g grandparents, last name Cannon, left Roscommon in 1847 or so to avoid starvation.
There was no famine. Teach truth. The great hunger saw tonnes of food exported from our island. Simple things like not calling it a famine will help us all heal. RIP Sinead O’ Connor
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.
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.
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?
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.
