"This project has been funded by Cavan-Monaghan Rural Development Co-op under the National Rural Development Programme. Funded by the Irish Government and part-financed by the European Union under the National Development Plan 2000-2006."
Cassandra Hand Centre, Clones
Thursday 1 September – Déardain 1 Meán Fómhair – 8.00 p.m.
Talk by Brian Mac Domhnaill
A talk highlighting emigration from the Clones area in the Famine period, when hundreds of Protestant families left for the prairies of western Illinois and Iowa.
This talk is part of the National Famine Commemoration 2011. Please contact The Cassandra Hand Centre, Clones, County Monaghan, for details on any of the events in the Famine programme – josephine@cassandrahand.ie or telephone 047 52997.
"This project has been funded by Cavan-Monaghan Rural Development Co-op under the National Rural Development Programme. Funded by the Irish Government and part-financed by the European Union under the National Development Plan 2000-2006."