Patrick O’Donovan T.D., Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee announced that the 2026 National Famine Commemoration will take place in Portumna, Co. Galway in May 2026. Next year’s event will take place at the Irish Workhouse Centre, located within the historic Portumna Workhouse complex, one of the most complete workhouse sites still in existence in Ireland. This is the first time the State Commemoration has taken place in County Galway. As in...

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  Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has today announced that the 2025 International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine will take place in Gaelic Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA in November 2025. In collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Consulate General of Ireland in Chicago, and the host community, the commemoration will take place on Sunday 2 November 2025 at Gaelic Park — the site...

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An Taoiseach, Simon Harris TD, officiated at the National Famine Commemoration in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford on Sunday 19th May alongside Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD. The formal State ceremony featured a keynote address by the Taoiseach, as well as military honours and a wreath-laying ceremony in remembrance of all those who died during the Famine. Minister Martin also addressed the event. In addition to the Taoiseach, His Excellency, The Most Reverend Luis Mariano...

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