Famine, Friends & Fenians - New Bedford Whaling Museum · Martha & Bernard Taradash Friends...
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October 22, 2016
A symposium on Irish and Irish-American history
N E W B E D F O R D W H A L I N G M U S E U M
Famine, Friends& Fenians
AcknowledgmentsBenefactors The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
The Shachoy Family
PatronsTommie & Jack Desmond
Suzanne & Tom McManmon
Martha & Bernard Taradash
Friends Attorney Kreg R. Espinola
Dr. Shannon Rodrigues Espinola
Burke, Espinola & Van Colen
Sponsors John D. Kelleher & Viki A. Fowler
Ann & Lloyd Macdonald
Faith & Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar
In Memory of Mattie Russell
Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Homes, New Bedford-Mattapoisett
Ann & Hans Ziegler
Supporters
Sally Fallon & Dick Arthur
Sheila Powers Converse
Marilyn Saint-Aubin & Chuck Cotter
Janet & Jim Fitzgibbons
Marion Antiques & Marion Antique Auctions
David & Joyce Nelson
Donald & Karen O’Malley
Alice Rice Perkins & Mark Perkins
Joseph F. Rooney
The Whaling Museum is deeply appreciative to the following individuals for helping present this exhibition:
Great appreciation and thanks goes out to our lead scholars Michael Dyer, Dr. Catherine Shannon and Peter Stevens.
Rebecca Abbott, John Antunes, Jordan Berson, Christopher Boudreau, Grace Brady, Rodney Hilton Brown, Sarah Budlong, Ian Collie, Brian Crowley, Olimpia Cullity, Chris Donnelly, Christian Dupont, Christopher A. Duggan, Barry Flynn, Christine Grant, Jay Grinnell, Ken Hartnett, Natalie Hawley, Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson, Lar Joye, Christine Kinealy, Brian Kirby, Michael Lapides, Lisa Lazarus, Peter S. Lynch, Lloyd Macdonald, Michael McGonagle, Frank McNamee, Dan Meagher, Paul Meagher, Margaret Medeiros, David Nelson, Sandy O’Hare, Jim O’Meara, Tom O’Neill, Mark Procknik, Amanda Quintin, Joseph Quigley, Matthew Russell, Peter Ryan, James Ryan, Nancy Ryan, Jillian Santos, Joanne Seymour, Maryellen Shachoy, John Silva, Robbin Smith, Jack Spillane, Denis Strong, Robin Tagliaferri, Gary Tonkin, Seán Tyrrell, Peter Whelan, Brian Wilson, Brendan Woods, and Lisa Sabina Harney in memory of Phillip Fennel, a historian and Catalpa man through and through.
The Whaling Museum is grateful to these organizations and institutions:
Ash Street Jail
Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland
Boston College High School
Boston Marine Society
John J. Burns Library at Boston College Charitable Irish Society
Crossing the Lines Films, Australia
Egan Maritime Institute
Eire Society of Boston
Essential Media, Australia
Irish National Park Service, Ballycroy, Co. Mayo Fremantle Prison, Western Australia
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Fort Tabor Military Museum
Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac UniversityIreland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac
University
Marion Antiques
National Museum of Australia, Canberra National Museums Ireland, Collins Barracks John Boyle O’Reilly Association, Australia Parks
Canada
Southeastern Massachusetts Convention and
Visitors Bureau
New Bedford Standard-TimesQuinnipiac University School of
Communications
9:00 a.m. Welcome & Introductory Remarks Maryellen Sullivan Shachoy and James Russell
9:15 a.m. Frederick Douglass’ Visit to Ireland Dr. Christine Kinealy, Director, Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
10:00 a.m. The Irish Donation of 1676 and the Irish Community in New Bedford Michael Dyer, Senior Maritime Historian, New Bedford Whaling Museum
10:30 a.m. The Great Hunger and 18th and 19th Century Irish Immigration Patterns Dr. Catherine Shannon, Professor Emerita of History at Westfield State University
11:15 a.m. The Quaker Support of Famine Relief Efforts Margaret Medeiros, author and historian
11:45 a.m. The San Patricio Battalion in the US-Mexican War Rodney Hilton Brown, noted military collector, author and historian
12:15 p.m. Break
1:15 p.m. Mini-presentations: Paul Meagher on Massachusetts’ participation in Meagher’s Irish Brigade
Ken Hartnett, former editor, Standard-Times on the Fenian invasions of Canada
Jim Ryan on his great-grandfather, Captain Anthony
David Nelson on his grandfather, Frank Perry, crew member on the Catalpa
2:30 p.m. 19th Century Fremantle, Australia Brendan Woods, historian and storyteller
3:00 p.m. The Catalpa Rescue Peter Stevens, author
3:45 p.m. Michael Harrington Jim O’Meara, Historian, Goleen Co. Cork
4:15 p.m. New Bedford’s Reaction to the 1916 Easter Rising Margaret Medeiros, author and historian
4:35 p.m. Whaling and Whales off the Coast of Ireland Denis Strong, Divisional Manager, Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, Bollycroy, Westport, Co. Mayo
5:10 p.m. Documentary: Ireland’s Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora Narrated by Gabriel Byrne, directed by Rebecca Abbott, Quinnipiac University
6:10 p.m. Dinner of your choice at area restaurants
8:00 p.m. Seán Tyrrell performs Message of Peace* Irish music and commentary inspired by John Boyle O’Reilly
* Separate admission required $25/members, $35/non-members
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Old Dartmouth Historical Society – New Bedford Whaling MuseumISBN 978-0-9975161-2-8
Famine, Friends & FeniansA Major Exhibition on New Bedford and Ireland
Beautiful full-color photographs reveal the detail of the exhibit’s art and artifacts, while essays offer insight into the history of the Irish and Irish-American struggle for religious, social, cultural, political, and individual freedom.
Companion Publication
101 pages; $15.00, Members receive 10% discount; available at the White Whale and online www.whalingmuseum.org