Famine Commemoration Tour

Meeting at the Heritage House Newbliss

Sunday 4 September – An Domhnach 4 Meán Fómhair – 3.00pm

Organised by Killeevan Heritage Group

This tour will include a visit to sites associated with the Famine in the area including, the Porridge Kitchen at Rawdeerpark, the Bully Acre in Clones and the auxiliary workhouse at Killyfuddy, concluding at the Famine commemorative memorial in Killeevan graveyard. There will be readings throughout the tour relating to the Famine in the Killeevan area.

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."