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