Famine Warhouse 1848
During the Great Famine the Warhouse was the scene of the 1848 Rebellion. The house exhibits the history of the Famine and mass emigration, the rebellion, high treason trials and penal exile of the Young Ireland leaders in Australia and their escapes to the U.S.A. Here rebels under the leadership of the Protestant aristocrat, William Smith O'Brien, M.P., besieged 47 police who had barricaded themselves into the McCormick farmhouse taking 5 children hostage. The exhibition places the Famine Rebellion in the context of 1848 as Europe's year of Revolutions in France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Hungry.
Access to the ground floor for visitors with disabilities.
Open: April - September Wed - Sun 2.30pm - 5.30pm
October - March Sat & Sun only 2pm - 4pm
By Appointment contact +353 (0) 87 9089972
Contact Details 
Ballingarry,Co. Tipperary
Phone +353 (0) 879089972
Email info@heritageireland.ie
Website http://www.heritageireland.ie
