The National Famine Commemoration is a special opportunity for the current generation to acknowledge the great suffering, death, and anguish borne by the Irish people in the Great Hunger in Ireland and remember all those who were also displaced as a result of An Gorta Mór.” Donegal was host for the 2023 National Famine Commemoration and the event took place on the old site of the Milford workhouse.
I worked with the students from Mulroy College, Milford and Loreto Community School, Milford to respond to historical and contemporary themes and experiences of famine, food production and sustainability, through botanical print making processes.
We linked with groups in South America and Africa to look at food and water extractivism, by large outside corporations in these countries, causing local famine and drought. The concluding visual art work captured local plant/food resources here in Donegal that have been used in the past to sustain impoverished communities.
I worked with the students from Mulroy College, Milford and Loreto Community School, Milford to respond to historical and contemporary themes and experiences of famine, food production and sustainability, through botanical print making processes.
We linked with groups in South America and Africa to look at food and water extractivism, by large outside corporations in these countries, causing local famine and drought. The concluding visual art work captured local plant/food resources here in Donegal that have been used in the past to sustain impoverished communities.
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