Liverpool Irish Famine Trail lecture (online)

Clarence Dock plaque.
Liverpool Irish Famine Trail lecture (online)

Liverpool Irish Famine History Group Leader, John Maguire, and Festival Director, Emma Smith, present a Liverpool Irish Famine Trail lecture.

Initially provided on 23 Feb 2023, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council commissioned the lecture. It featured within their Irish Famine Lecture series under The Impact of Irish Refugees in Shaping Liverpool.

The lecture details the 7 plaque and single memorial site that form a part of the trail. It doesn’t feature all 15 sites, which includes sites of Irish influence. This was to introduce people to the geography of the city and the movement of the Irish Famine poor through it. Thus, providing a focus for an overview lecture. More details on all the Trail sites can be found by

which detail all 15 sites.

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council have made this lecture publicly available, meaning you can now watch the recording of the lecture and the lively Q&A that followed, here:

This was lecture 11 in a run of 12 provided over six weeks. Interested in other lectures? Please visit Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council‘s YouTube page, to find lectures from this series and others.

Photo of Liverpool Irish Famine Trail: Revive (book).

Buy the book: Liverpool Irish Famine Trail: Revive.


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When

3 November 2024-23 February 2026
All Day

Where

Online
Virtual
Liverpool