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Skibbereen Heritage
Centre.
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Famine DVD |
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‘The Great Irish Famine: Remember
Skibbereen’ is a 55-minute documentary
by award-winning production company Harvest
Films which tells the story of the Great Famine
in Skibbereen and, in the broader context, in
Ireland generally. Concentrating on the human
aspect of this defining period of Irish history,
it includes interviews with Dr Larry Geary of
UCC, Professor Joe Lee, Professor Mark McGowan,
Dr Marita Foster and Gary White Deer as well as local historians
Fr Patrick Hickey, Philip O’Regan and Gerald
O’Brien.
Also included on the DVD is the 120-minute
special feature of the events of the National
Famine Commemoration Week, the first held
outside Dublin, which Skibbereen town hosted.
This features highlights of the week of
Famine-related events; music, drama, talks and
walks by local and international participants. (Click
here for programme.) There are excerpts from 9 talks, 3 musical events,
3 drama presentations and 4 special events, including the National Commemoration ceremonies in Ireland and
Canada, offering an overview of this historic
week and a wonderful souvenir.
Retails at €20: available from Skibbereen
Heritage Centre:
email info@skibbheritage.com or call
028-40900
or purchase up to 5 copies below and we will
post worldwide to you.
NB: PLEASE SPECIFY IF THE DVD IS INTENDED FOR
VIEWING IN USA/CANADA AND WE WILL SEND YOU THAT
VERSION.
(For 6 or more DVDs, please email to get special
rates)
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National
Famine Memorial Day |
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Skibbereen hosted first provincial National Famine Memorial Day in
2009. There was a ceremonial event in Skibbereen on Sunday the 17th of May and a
corresponding one held in
Canada
on Sunday the 10th of May.
Between these two
dates, the people of Skibbereen came
together to put together a programme of
Famine-related events. There was music,
drama, talks and a variety of commemorative
events organised by the people of the
locality. The week ran smoothly and there
were large attendances at all events, which were
filmed and are now available on DVD (see above)
For information on the week's events,
download the full programme in pdf format
click here.
(Requires Abobe Acrobat to read. File Size
420kb)
For photos of some of the events of the week,
please click
here.
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