For the benefit of those that don't tweet or indeed have missed some of the many tweets which we have sent out on @famineeviction we are going to share some through the blog. Much like the call for information which we issued in September 2016, engagement through twitter has provided very useful information which enables us to understand … Continue reading Are you tweeting eviction? @famineeviction
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The new year has seen the Irish Famine Eviction Project busy updating the Eviction Map (see https://irishfamineeviction.com/eviction-map ) which when it went live in late 2016 had almost 500 sites of eviction recorded. A revised map will shortly be in place bringing this number to close to 800. We now have over 450 subscribers to the IFEP mailchimp … Continue reading Irish Famine Eviction Project Update (Feb 2017)
Of course the process of eviction did not end on the day a family was removed. Eviction had far reaching consequences with long-standing close communities devastated and people being scattered across the globe as a result. Alan Jones has contributed information relating to his ancestors, John Carmody and family who left Ballyduneen, County Clare for New South Wales … Continue reading Eviction from Ballyduneen, Clare
In response to our request for information on Famine evictions, Neil Moxham has shared notes which were taken when researching his own family's connection to the townland of Killenboy in County Longford. The notes are very specific to this one townland, but serve as a useful sample of the various King-Harman Collections which survive across a number … Continue reading King Harman Estate, Longford
We have had a great response for information relative to Famine eviction. Therese Lynch from Canberra, Australia heard about the project through her local Genealogy society's Ireland Special Interest Group and as a member of the Irish diaspora wanted to like to contribute. Here is a selection of newspaper clippings which Therese contributed, none of which were in the … Continue reading Famine evictions
The Ballykilcline Evictions (Nenagh Guardian, 17 Jan 1846) The Mahon family of Strokestown entered into a 41-year lease on the townland of Ballykilcline in Kilglass Parish, County Roscommon, in 1793. The townland is near the Shannon River and only a few miles from the local market place of Strokestown in northeast Roscommon That lease made … Continue reading The Ballykilcline Evictions
Check out this new video about the Irish Famine Eviction Project.
Crown Eviction in Kilconcouse, Offaly in 1852 (Courtesy of Mary Lee Dunn) Under 21-year leases let in 1829, the tenants of Kilconcouse, an 871-acre expanse in the parish of Kinnitty in County Offaly, paid their rents to the Crown fairly regularly until the Famine struck. In 1847, they asked for leniency and indulgence was bestowed … Continue reading Crown Eviction in Kilconcouse, Offaly in 1852
One of the more remarkable features of the Famine evictions was the lack of resistance offered on some occasions and as the calamity wore on there was indifference on the part of the local community to the plight of the evictees. Of course not all tenants selected for eviction left without a fight and there … Continue reading Resisting Eviction
