Dublin!

If you go to Dublin, carve out a couple of hours to visit the EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum and the world’s first fully-digital museum. It opened in 2016 to showcase the history of the Irish disapora and emigration to other countries. EPIC is a privately-owned museum, founded by Neville Isdell, former chairman and chief executive of Coca Cola who was born in County Down. The museum is housed in an 1820 customs warehouse on the River Liffey, and takes you on the journey about how a small island made a big impact on the world. Across the street and up a block is the haunting Famine Memorial in remembrance of the Great Famine (1845-1849), which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration. The sculpture features six lifesize figures dressed in rags, clutching onto their belongings and children, leaving famished Ireland for a new life.

The Riffy Liffey runs through Dublin, Ireland

·         The Jeanie Johnston tall ship tied to a quay on the River Liffey. The ship is s replica of a ship that transported emigrants to Canada during the Great Famine, taking a total of 2,500 people over the Atlantic between the years 1848 to 1855, a period when a million people left Ireland and another million died of starvation. They packed 500 desperate people in steerage, many of whom died en route.

The haunting Famine Memorial is on the riverfront in remembrance of the Great Famine (1845-1849), which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration. The sculpture features six lifesize figures dressed in rags, clutching onto their belongings and children, leaving famished Ireland for a new life.

EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum and the world’s first fully-digital museum, opened in 2016

·         Visitors use touch screens throughout the museum learn about Irish emigration and the Irish people who made an impact on the world.

Installation depicting the modes of transportation that took the emigres to North America

Reuse and Recycle. Dublin cleverly recycled the historic building where hangings took place over the front door, and wrapped a shopping mall around it