Famine, Friends and Fenians: Reception and Tour
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford
Members of the Éire Society of Boston, the Charitable Irish Society of Boston and the Boston Marine Society were invited to a reception and tour of the exhibition Famine, Friends and Fenians with James Russell, President and CEO of the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
This major exhibition explored New Bedford's curious role in Irish history from the 18th century through the famous Easter Rising in 1916, weaving through three centuries of struggle both in the US and in Ireland.