The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park

Excellent tour

Our tour guide was excellent and we learned so much about the family i definitely would recommend getting a guided tour of the house.

Interesting, but a bit underwhelming

I’m a huge fan of museums, but this one just didn’t take my breath away. I was fortunate enough to come here on an arranged school trip, so I’m glad I didn’t have to go out of my way to arrange the vi...

Lest We Forget .

Those poor , wretched people, our forebears, thrown upon the mercy of the world. Events around the globe today must surely give us pause for thought. Do unto others… etc.

This really is a 'must do'

The museum is on the grounds of the Strokestown Park House Estate where large numbers of people were shipped overseas during the famine years. When the estate was sold by the family, large amounts of ...

Waits for turn

Original Text

The great hunger in Ireland in the mid-19th century is not always known and this Museum performs an excellent memory work needed through high quality explanatory panels and...