Roundtable: The Famine and Australia
Event Information
Description
Join the International Irish Faminie Commemoration Committee for a rountable discussion to mark the Irish
Government’s 2018 International Commemoration for the Great Irish Famine.
MC: Professor Ronan McDonald, the Gerry Higgins Chair in Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne
Panel: Professor Elizabeth Malcolm, Ass. Professor Dianne Hall, Dr Fidelma Breen and Dr Val Noone
Opening remarks: Patrick O’Donovan TD, Minister of State, representing the Government of Ireland
• What impact did the Famine have on Irish Australia?
• What new insights have emerged in the last twenty years?
• What future research needs to be done?
This event will follow the ceremony at the Famine Rock on The Strand in Williamstown.
Tea and coffee will be served at 4.30pm