The Strokestown Famine Archive
Strokestown’s unique collection of famine-era documents came to light when the new owner, Jim Callery, was sifting through the contents of the great house.
While he was surprised to discover 50,000 original famine-era documents and artefacts lying unexamined among the family’s papers, he immediately recognised the importance of conserving them and exploring their significance.
Those documents now form the basis of the Strokestown Famine Archive, and their stories are told on-site at the National Famine Museum.
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