Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland

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Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland tells the story of one of the most remarkable Black Abolitionists in Famine Ireland. Ira Aldridge was unique as an African-American actor and abolitionist who performed and toured in Ireland at the height of the Great Hunger in 1847-1848. His powerful and moving dramatic performances raised awareness of enslavement and persecution for many years, though he remains little known in the country of his birth.
Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland is part of the Great Famine Voices 2023 season which is hosted by the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park and the Irish Heritage Trust in collaboration with Professor Christine Kinealy from the African American Irish Diaspora Network and Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. Great Famine Voices 2023 is funded by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme.
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9 май 2023

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@calvinguile1315 11 месяцев назад

That was incredible! I love learning about historical figures that I never heard of ❤

@lizzieallen2284 Год назад

This is a superb video. Thank you. There's an excellent chapter about Ira Aldridge in Stephen Bourne's recently published Deep Are the Roots - Trailblazers Who Changed Black British Theatre published by The History Press. It was shortlisted for the Society for Theatre Research book prize in 2022.

@MiaFeigelsonGallery Год назад

I'd like to express my deepest congratulations to Christine Kinealy on the narration and presentation of this amazingly interesting and profoundly moving Video as well as to all those involved in its edition, I just cannot get enough of it ! I'd also like to congratulate Christine on the empathy she showed while describing Ira Aldridge's unique story based on the research she did to write her books on his life and on her two Volumes on Black Abolitionists in Ireland which I'd so much like to read, as well as on her professional career and her awards. Best wishes from Argentina.

@pops1507 4 месяца назад

Fawn much?

@freemindmusic2824 2 месяца назад

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!