12/03/2014

Drogheda in 1847: Brendan Matthews Book Launch Tonight


Old Drogheda Society
 
 
The launch of the eagerly awaited book  Drogheda & The Ottoman Empire Ships of 1847 by Community Historian, Brendan Matthews will take place on Wednesday December 3rd at the Governors House Millmount at 8pm.
 
The work tackles unravelling the tale of the social conditions in Drogheda during the Great famine year of 1847 and the `supposed` food-aid delivered to the port of that town by the Ottoman Empire`.

Brendan has researched this subject for a number of years and his findings make very interesting reading.  
 


Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage
Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097

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