We try to visit the Kindred Spirits monument at least once a year

#TrailOfTears #GreatHunger #Midleton #ChoctawNation

4) https://overcast.fm/+lMhOtRLpU/13:21

Brian McCabe is descended from Irish #GreatHunger refugees one of whom had the misfortune to be imprisoned and die in the notorious #CivilWar Andersonville prison

Listen to Brian's deeper family history at the link 👆

#GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #IrishHistory #Migration

Despite his German name, #JohnSteinbeck identified strongly with his Irish roots, His 16 year old maternal Grandfather, Samuel Hamilton, emigrated to #America in 1846 during the #GreatHunger. Samuel spent 4 years in New York before moving West to California in 1850

In 1952, John Steinbeck visited Ireland in search of his grandfather's home. Brian Maye of the The Irish Times tells the poignant story

Steinbeck died in #NYC #OnThisDay in 1968

#GlobalIrishNation

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/when-john-steinbeck-visited-ireland-to-trace-his-ancestral-roots-1.3728860

Despite his German name, #JohnSteinbeck identified strongly with his Irish roots, His 16 year old maternal Grandfather, Samuel Hamilton, emigrated to #America in 1846 during the #GreatHunger. Samuel spent 4 years in New York before moving West to California in 1850

In 1952, John Steinbeck visited Ireland in search of his grandfather's home. Brian Maye of the The Irish Times tells the poignant story

Steinbeck died in #NYC #OnThisDay in 1968

#GlobalIrishNation

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/when-john-steinbeck-visited-ireland-to-trace-his-ancestral-roots-1.3728860

@Annela @conradhackett The #GreatHunger was the trigger for the most dramatic migration case in modern history. When combined with colonial misrule and culture, migration became the accepted norm.

Other counties had horrendous famines, indeed Ireland had a more devastating famine in 1740 - 41 (some estimates indicate 20% of population died), without the same long term population collapse

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740–1741)

@Annela @conradhackett very interesting how closely Irish population tracked England until the #GreatHunger catastrophe