A Complicated History: Ireland and the Caribbean

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum The Chq Building, Custom House Quay, North Dock, Dublin 1, Dublin, Dublin

Servants and enslavers; merchants and governors; educators and journalists – the history of the Irish in the Caribbean is complex and multifaceted. This talk will survey Irish migration to the region from the 17th century, telling the stories of a diverse range of people who set out to make new lives for themselves in places...

The role of Landlords during the Great Irish Famine

Annie Moore Room, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum The CHQ Building George's Dock, Dublin 1, Dublin

**Booked out** What impact did the Great Famine have on land ownership and estate boundaries in Ireland? What did it mean for tenant farmers and how did the landed gentry respond? Using primary archive and secondary research sources, this talk will document how the landed gentry treated their tenants, how they managed their land in...

Marcus Garvey’s Irish Influences: Pan-Africanism and Diasporic Connectivity

Annie Moore Room, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum The CHQ Building George's Dock, Dublin 1, Dublin

As founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey built one of the largest pan-Africanist organisations in history. The Jamaican-born activist mobilised millions in arguing for the establishment of an independent Black nation – a call that gained global traction after World War I. Like anti-colonial nationalists in Asia and Africa, Garvey took...