Famine Way Tours

08/05/2022

The Irish National Famine Museum in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland, has been tracing the 1,490 tenants forced to emigrate to Canada and the United States from Denis Mahon’s estate in 1847 and their descendants.

06/05/2022

Your first day walking or cycling on the National Famine Way will take you to the stunning village Clondra, where the Royal Canal meets the mighty Shannon river.

Discover the National Famine Way with www.faminewaytours.ie

23/04/2022

Discover the National Famine Way on foot or by bike. Start your tour at the National Famine Museum in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon and immerse yourself in the stories of the 1,490 famine emigrants.

26/10/2021

***RTE 1 - 7PM THIS EVENING!***
'An tSli - the National Famine Way'
Hear the fascinating story of Strokestown Park & the National Famine Way which runs through Westmeath.
Strokestown Park Ireland's Hidden Heartlands Discover Ireland Tourism Ireland Westmeath County Council

26/10/2021

***RTE 1 - 7PM THIS EVENING!***

'An tSli - the National Famine Way'
Hear the fascinating story of Strokestown Park & the National Famine Way which runs through Westmeath.
Strokestown Park Ireland's Hidden Heartlands Discover Ireland Tourism Ireland Westmeath County Council

01/06/2021

We would like to wish all hotels and bnbs along the National Famine Way the very best of luck re-opening tomorrow.

Glenroyal Hotel & Leisure Club Maynooth Campus Conference & Accommodation Moyvalley Hotel and Golf Resort Hotwell House The Johnstown Estate Annebrook House Hotel Greville Arms Hotel The Rustic Inn Skellys Bar Cooneys Hotel Ballymahon The Richmond Inn Keenans Of Tarmonbarry Martin's Guesthouse The Percy French Hotel

29/04/2021

Famine Way Tours - 2021 season update - https://mailchi.mp/0967c075ee3c/famine-way-tours-2021-season-update

20/04/2021

Follow in the footsteps of 1,490 people, who walked the 165km route from Strokestown Park Estate to Custom House Quay in Dublin, along the National Famine Way, The trail takes you from Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon through six counties to Dublin, mostly through the countryside along the Royal Canal on flat and well-surfaced paths
Strokestown Park Longford Tourism National Famine Museum EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Into Kildare Jeanie Johnston Visit Westmeath

23/03/2021

The National Famine Way is one of Ireland's newest way marked trails. There are 30 bronze shoes along the entire route which tell the story of the 1480 emigrants marched from Strokestown to Dublin.

During the peak of the Irish famine over 1,490 emigrants walked from Roscommon to Dublin.

The children’s bronze shoes, that are cast in bronze along the route, were discovered by a local farmer in the roof of a ruined 19th century cottage. The National Famine way features throghout the Royal Canal Greenway - anyother great reason to visit.

👉 Visit www.royalcanalgreenway.org



Waterways Ireland Into Kildare Longford Tourism Visit Westmeath Discover Boyne Valley Ireland's Ancient East Ireland's Hidden Heartlands

26/11/2020

Listen to the stories of the 1,490 emigrants evicted from Strokestown Park in 1847, as they slowly make their way along the Royal Canal to Dublin before boarding the ships to Liverpool and on to Canada.
National Famine Way, check out the link https://youtu.be/XCir6Smn194

Please join us for a live online event in conversation with Marita Conlon-McKenna on Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm Irish time, 2pm Eastern Standard Time in North America:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3683123438?pwd=emRvaVk5akRFWDY1NEI3d0xUY3FiUT09

Passcode: Callery

Marita Conlon-McKenna’s National Famine Way Shoe Stories Film At the height of the Great Irish Famine in May of 1847, twelve year old Daniel Tighe was forced...

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