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the 165km National Famine Way
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10 days of arts & culture; year-round heritage!

See our event listings for what’s coming up. #LIF2024 runs 17-27 Oct 2024!
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Seeking new opportunities to support the Irish community?
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Events for everyone!

See our event listings for what’s coming up. #LIF2024 runs 17-27 Oct 2024!
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Women’s voices and mixed-race histories

Exploring female stories to liberate identity and heritage.
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See our event listings for what’s coming up. #LIF2024 runs 17-27 Oct 2024!
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Liverpool Irish Famine Trail

What is the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail and how can you get involved?
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What’s On Now

Image of bronze cast commemorative Irish Famine Way children's shoes in large shallowconcrete bowl

Liverpool BID lunchtime tours

Runs until 19 March
Liverpool BID support mini-tours to introduce people to the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail and the cultural history it represents.
Image shows commemorative bronze cast children's shoes surrounded by colourful pebbles.

Post cards from a Pilgrimage

Runs until 21 November
A tour through the mind of walkers on an Irish Famine pilgrimage, undertaken in May 2024, via the post cards they sent back.
Image shows an abstract blue cyanotype artwork on a white background. It is leaning against a wall on a dilapidated street.

Revealing Trails

Runs until 21 November
Journey to Collingwood Dock (L1), revealing where 1.3m Irish people were transported in the 1840s-50s, for an exhibition on the same.
Clarence Dock plaque.

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail lecture (online)

Runs until 23 February
Lecture on the plaque and memorial sites of the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail, commissioned by Armagh, Craigavon and Banbridge Borough Council.
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Spotlight On …

Misplaced children's shoes (faded photograph).

Fréa: Redressing Irish Church and State institutions

During our online event, Fréa will explore former resident experiences and share the Government’s response to the Mother and Baby and County Care Homes commission.

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail

The Great Hunger/An Gorta Mór, changed the shape of Britain’s society, particularly here in England's North West. Walk the history with us.

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail Map

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail Map

Use this page to digitally navigate the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail, download a map and read the fascinating histories of each site.

Decorative element: photo pf two books entitled 'Revive'

Liverpool Irish Famine Trail: Revive

Historical, bold and purposeful, Liverpool Irish Famine Trail: Revive revisits and revives the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail.

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