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From the Irish Famine to the City Walls of York (Fishergate Postern Tower)
Heritage Open Day: To the accompaniment of traditional Irish folk music, see a display of historic maps and census records showing the arrival of Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger in the 1840s and coming to settle by the walls of York in Walmgate. See also the original architecture of this 520 year old tower, complete with Tudor arches, intact spiral staircase and a complete garderobe still in place.
The displays will focus on the actual people who lived in the houses in Walmgate next to the City Walls, showing how their names appeared suddenly in the 1851 census, with their place of birth a named county in Ireland.
The display will tell the stories of case study families, following their descendants down the decades since 1851 to the present day.
The displays will focus on the actual people who lived in the houses in Walmgate next to the City Walls, showing how their names appeared suddenly in the 1851 census, with their place of birth a named county in Ireland.
The display will tell the stories of case study families, following their descendants down the decades since 1851 to the present day.
Sat 13 Sep to Saturday 20 September
Fishergate Postern Tower, Piccadilly, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9AF
Sat 13 Sep:1000-1600; Sat 20 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
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