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A hauntingly beautiful valley

The monument commemorating the Famine victims overlooking the hauntingly beautiful Doolough Valley, Co Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey
The monument commemorating the Famine victims overlooking the hauntingly beautiful Doolough Valley, Co Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey

The words hauntingly beautiful perfectly describe the Doolough Valley, evoking the natural wonder of this remote glacial scene of towering mountains and brooding lake that is forever scarred by the memory of the men, women and children who were left to die there during the Great Famine.

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New book tells story of Mayo evictions

An eviction scene in Ireland in the 1890s as described in the book, 'Struggle and Strife on a Mayo estate, 1833–1903: The Nolans of Logboy and Their Tenants'.
An eviction scene in Ireland in the 1890s as described in the book, 'Struggle and Strife on a Mayo estate, 1833–1903: The Nolans of Logboy and Their Tenants'.

A new book by a Mayo-born author tells the story of the violent confrontations and evictions that took place on the Nolan estate in Logboy near Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, in the late 19th century. ‘Struggle and Strife on a Mayo estate, 1833–1903: The Nolans of Logboy and Their Tenants’ was written by Mayo native,  Michael Kelly. […]

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Claremorris commemorative stone marks workhouse burial ground

The commemorative stone marking the site of the burial ground where Famine and workshouse victims were buried in Claremorris.
The commemorative stone marking the site of the burial ground where Famine and workshouse victims were buried in Claremorris.

In remembrance of the people from Claremorris that were buried during the pre and post Famine years at the site of the new Link Road from Mount Street to the Railway Station, a special commemoration was held on Sunday 2 June.