Irish Potato Famine Exhibit: History and Artifacts

Discover the Irish Potato Famine’s history through exhibits, films, and artifacts. Engage with this poignant Dublin museum experience.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre - A museum and exhibition narrating the history of the Irish Potato Famine, also referred to as the Great Hunger. Features museum artifacts and a 15-minute documentary film.
What's Included
  • Translation guide available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish
What's Not Included
  • A Book and USB stick of the exhibition may also be purchased.
Additional Information

Experience this moving account of the Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, a period of mass starvation, disease and death in 19th century Ireland. Allow yourself an hour to read a series of wall panels and view a 15 minute documentary film. Museum artefacts are also on display. A Book and USB stick of the exhibition may also be purchased.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Stephen's Green Shopping Centre
Saint Stephen's Green
Museum / Exhibition located on the 2nd floor of the Stephens Green Shopping Centre
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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James
Sep 6, 2024
Very difficult to comprehend what transpired in Ireland. - I am so glad I saw and went to this exhibition. It is excellent and although I am Irish I did not realize the extent and impact of the potato famine on Ireland. I would recommend everyone to see this Exhibit regardless of their nationality.
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Valarie_o
Sep 4, 2024
potato famine project - quick self guided temporary exhibition that highlighted the various poor political decisions and slow disaster response to an agricultural crisis
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Alanm_b
Aug 23, 2024
Typical Government Response to help the people they represent! - Realizing how inept the British Government and landowners were to the plight of the Irish people in general. eg. .. spending twice as much money on the military personnel in Ireland to quell any potential’complaints’ as they did in aiding starving Irish throughout the years of famine.
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Suzanne
Aug 19, 2024
Very informative and moving exhibition - This exhibit of photos and written descriptions plus a short film tell the moving story of the great famine that resulted from a potato blight combined with the British government's laissez faire reaction. We stayed about an hour and learned a lot. Highly recommend.
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Johnobupmayo
Aug 19, 2024
Irish Famine Exhibition-very worthwhile - The Famine Exhibition is a great way to educate the younger and tourists about the horror of the Irish Famine. The behaviour of other countries and institutions is very eye-opening
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Hpvhpv
Aug 16, 2024
Very important exhibition, if you are interested in Irish history - Very important exhibition, if you are interested in Irish history. It was an eye-opener for me. Visiting from the Netherlands I had never been confronted with the facts about the famine and the causes before. The exhibition also displays English colonialism and governmental negligence as the root cause for the starvation of 1 million Irish people. Also in that respect I was really startled. In our history lessons we generally focus on colonialism "overseas". The curator (Gerard McCarthy) for this exhibition has has also written a book that contains all exhibition information and displays, and that is for sale. Also a DVD is available. Last but not least it is surprising that in Dublin there is no permanent dedicated museum to this tragic event, that is such an important part of Irish history.
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Anagoingsolo2022
Aug 15, 2024
A must not miss history of an atrocity - Go quickly as this is a temporary exhibition, and it is top class. A detailed account of the starvation of the Irish people. So much of this history is unknown. Be you Irish or not you really should take a look at a time in history that shouldn't be forgotten. Top floor of Stephens green shopping center. There is the option of purchasing a beautiful book also when buying your ticket, id recommend buying it as it is so Informative and can be shared with those you know who didn't get to go to the exhibition. 100% recommend a visit, I believe it's on until September, but not sure of exactly what day.
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Bluelough
Aug 15, 2024
Tres Amigas - Brillant, the truth. We absolutely were blown away. Now feeling sad, extremely sad. The people in power in the world haven’t changed
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Lynette
Aug 27, 2024
An excellent insight into this awful period in Ireland’s history. - I was recommended a visit to this Museum by a friend before leaving Australia. Stephens Green Shopping Centre where the temporary Museum is housed was a 20 minute walk from our hotel but was well worth the effort. Such a tragic period in Ireland’s history that should be studied and learned from.
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Dubliner2588
Aug 12, 2024
A very basic museum/exhibition - If you go to this museum you should be ready to read a lot. Virtually all the exhibits are in a poster format wherein you move from one poster to the other. Each poster contains a fair amount of text with photos or diagrams. There are zero original artifacts, except for a basket containing 14 pounds of potatoes which was the daily quantity of potatoes eaten by an average Irishman before the famine. There's also a video room where a relatively small screen TV contains a brief commentary. While you can learn a lot by reading each of the many posters, the environment is rather sterile and, as a museum, lacks imagination. The exhibition would have been improved by the inclusion of display cases containing artifacts from the time such as the clothing worn by the Irish farmers, tools used by the farmers, original documents such as letters home and leases, rather than photos on a poster. Irish farmer homes at the time were very small and clear indicators of the poverty the families endured. The inclusion of a life size replica of such a tiny house with all its exposure to the elements would allow for a more detailed feeling of the poverty at the time. In conversations with my family afterwards none in the group found the the exhibition overly engaging, although all agreed there was a lot of information to digest.
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