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£
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Antrim
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Renovation of Friar's Bush Famine Cemetery, Stranmillis Road, Belfast — December 1995
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1,000.00
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Carlow
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Self Help International — Eritrea Potato Seed Famine Relief Project [a potato and maize seed project, by the Carlow based Self Help International organisation, with particular emphasis on providing food security in Eritrea through the cultivation of potatoes from the seed of the potato flower rather than from seed potatoes — July 1995
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11,500.00
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Teagasc Famine Relief Potato Blight Resistance Research Project Teagasc involvement in research work to breed blight resistant potatoes in the context of the work of the International Potato Centre, in Mexico — £15,000, 1995; £15,000, January 1996
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30,000.00
|
Cavan
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Cavan County Council — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Clare
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Renovation of Famine Burial Ground, Tuamgraney — February 1995
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1,000.00
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Cork
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Renovation of Carr's Hill Famine, Cemetery, Cork — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
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Renovation of Bandon Famine Graveyard — February 1996
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1,000.00
|
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Publication of Irish Language Famine Manuscripts — June 1996
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150.00
|
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Renovation of Kildonnery Famine Graveyard — February 1996
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1,000.00
|
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Plaque at Macroom Workhouse — February 1997
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1,000.00
|
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Irish Famine Commemoration Skibbereen Ltd. — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Donegal
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Renovation of Famine Graveyard, Donegal Town — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
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Dunfanaghy Graveyard Restoration Project — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
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County Donegal Historical Society, Ballyshannon — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
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Bundoran Famine Graveyard Project — April 1997
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1,000.00
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Dublin
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A.P.C.K. booklet on the Famine — November 1995
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500.00
|
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Women's Archive Famine Exhibition — July 1995
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15,000.00
|
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Blanchardstown Famine Oratoria — December 1995
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2,500.00
|
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Great Irish Famine Event — December 1995
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10,000.00
|
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Charlie Lennon Famine Suite — December 1995
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5,000.00
|
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Trinity College, International Conference on Famine — April 1997
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3,000.00
|
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Lilliput Press, Dublin — Publication of Wolfe Tone's Journal and Life — March 1997
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1,500.00
|
Down
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Newry and Mourne District Council, Famine Exhibition — March 1997
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3,000.00
|
Fermanagh
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Fermanagh Famine Memorial — August 1995
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5,000.00
|
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Fermanagh District Council, Enniskillen — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Galway
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Goodtime Productions Tour of Famine Drama — September 1995
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2,000.00
|
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Portumna Commemoration Committee, Renovation of Graveyard — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Kerry
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Renovation of Famine Graveyard, Teampaillin Ban, Listowel — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
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Renovation of Famine Graveyard, Dingle Workhouse — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
Kildare
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Renovation Famine Graveyard, Celbridge — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
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Publication of Famine Sites Atlas, Tullamore Famine Committee — December 1996
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5,000.00
|
Laois
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Donaghmore — Workhouse Museum — March 1997
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2,000.00
|
Leitrim
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Renovation of Famine Graveyard, Carrick-on-Shannon
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1,000.00
|
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Renovation of St. Mary's Church “Famine Graveyard”, Mohill — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
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Carrick-on-Shannon and District Historical Society — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Limerick
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Renovation of Famine Village, Knockfierna — August 1996
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5,000.00
|
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Famine Memorial Park Co. Ltd. — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Longford
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Renovation of Famine Cemetery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Longford — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
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Abbeylara Development Group — April 1997
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1,000.00
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Mayo
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George Moore Society Famine Art Exhibition — February 1996
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5,000.00
|
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Swinford Union Heritage Restoration Committee — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Meath
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Renovation of Famine Graveyard, Dunshaughlin — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
Monaghan
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Renovation of Famine Graveyard, Clones — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
Offaly
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Edenderry Historical Society — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Roscommon
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Stokestown Famine Museum (Conference, Education Pack) £3,000 — September 1995; £7,000 — February 1996
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10,000,00
|
|
Famine Archaeological Excavation, Gorttoose — June 1996
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2,500.00
|
|
Famine Archaeological Dig at Muliviltrin — February 1997
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2,500.00
|
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Kilgass Restoration Committee — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
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Ardcarne Parish Graveyard Committee — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Sligo
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Rosses Point Heritage Association Ltd. — April 1997
|
1,000.00
|
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Sligo County Council — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
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County Sligo Famine Commemoration Committee — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
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History Ireland Performance Company “Famine Remembrance Performance” Tour of Manchester and Warrington — March 1997
|
2,000.00
|
Tipperary
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Friends of St. Theresa's Hospital, Clogheen — Famine Memorial Oratory — March 1997
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1,000.00
|
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Renovation of St. Mary's Famine Graveyard, Thurles — December 1995
|
1,000.00
|
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St. John's Famine Graveyard Restoration Committee — April 1997
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1,000.00
|
Waterford
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Renovation of Reilig A'tSle Famine Graveyard, Dungarvan — December 1995
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1,000.00
|
Wexford
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Famine Memorial in Ballygarrett Cemetery, County Wexford — August 1996
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1,000.00
|
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At National level my Committee has supported the following:
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RTE Famine TV Documentary
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79,562.04
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National Famine History Research Project (total cost £115,000)
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50,537.04
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This is supporting research in the following counties:
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County Mayo; County Cork; County Fermanagh; County Tipperary; County Clare;
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County Wicklow; County Donegal; Dublin (city); County Offaly.
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Purchase for State of Gary White Deer Painting — September 1995 (proceeds donated to Concern Famine relief)
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10,000.00
|
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Publication of Society of Friends Famine Transactions — November 1996
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5,000.00
|
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My Committee has also supported the following projects abroad:
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Ethiopia
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September 1995 — Ethiopian Famine Food Reserve Project — Support for the Ethiopian Government's National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness project to provide capacity and infrastructure (i.e. storage silos for grains in remote areas).
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50,030.00
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Lesotho
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September 1995 — Lesotho Famine Water Relief Project — provision of a water supply and sanitation in Lesotho, to relieve severe drought conditions.
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15,030.00
|
Britain
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Liverpool Famine Memorial — September 1996
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5,000.00
|
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Liverpool Famine Art Exhibition — May 1996
|
1,457.02
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Glagow — Feis Ghlaschu Famine Essay Prize — May 1996
|
193.74
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