National Famine Way Remembrance Walk

Bronze shoes sculptures mark different stages along the National Famine Way.

People in County Kildare will have two opportunities to take part in this year’s National Famine Way Remembrance Walk, which begins this weekend, writes Brian Byrne. The annual walk follows the route taken by 1,490 famine emigrants who left Strokestown Park, Co Roscommon, in 1847 and travelled to Dublin on their way to Liverpool and Canada.

The Kildare stages take place on Saturday, May 23, from Enfield to Maynooth Harbour (20km), and on Sunday, May 24, from Maynooth Harbour to EPIC Museum, Dublin (27km).

Walkers will join participants from across the country in commemorating those forced to leave Ireland during the Great Famine, with each stage beginning at 9.30am.

The remembrance walk runs from May 17 to May 24, tracing the National Famine Way through Roscommon, Longford, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Fingal and Dublin City.

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