Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield

04/17/2026

An event not to be missed!

04/09/2026

Join Ireland's Great hunger Museum for the 2nd Annual Founders' Gala - Guests of The Founders’ Gala will enjoy dinner prepared by , an open bar, and live entertainment featuring acclaimed harpist, Wendy Kerner and vocalist Christopher Grundy.

The Gala's guest speaker, , Irish Echo columnist and founding member and lead singer of the rock Band Black 47 will share stories passed down through his ancestors and the profound impact the Famine has had on Irish culture.

Other event highlights include, robust Live & Silent Auctions and the unveiling of two new museum acquisitions.

For Tickets visit www.IGHMF.org

See you there!

04/09/2026

IGHMF's 2nd Annual Founder's Gala with Special Guest Larry Kirwan (Irish Echo columnist and founding member and lead singe "Black 47") happens on May 2nd at The Gaelic American Club (Fairfield CT.) Get you're tickets now! Visit www.IGHMF.org

04/02/2026

Join Ireland's Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield at 2nd Annual The Founders' Gala - an extraordinary evening celebrating Irish Culture, Community and Art.

Guests will enjoy dinner prepared by The Castle Blackrock, an open bar, and live entertainment featuring acclaimed harpist Wendy Kerner and vocalist Christopher Grundy, who serves as Director of Choral Programs at Sacred Heart University and Director of Music at the Unitarian Society of New Haven. The Gala's guest speaker, Larry Kirwan, founding member and lead singer of the rock band 'Black 47', an Irish Echo columnist and celebrity host/producer of Celtic Crush on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

Other event highlights include live and silent auctions and the unveiling of two new museum acquisitions.

Support the IGHMF's mission by purchasing tickets to the Founders' Gala, becoming a sponsor, or placing an ad in the event journal.

For information on Tickets as well as Sponsorships or Ads visit www.IGHMF.org

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield was established by leaders of the Gaelic-American Club of Fairfield and investigates the Famine and its impact through art. We have partnered with Quinnipiac University to serve as the new caretakers and curators of the IGHM collection, and our museum int...

03/23/2026

Quinnipiac and IGHMF share a commitment to honoring and elevating the legacy of the Great Hunger through education, cultural engagement and ongoing public access.

https://www.qu.edu/quinnipiac-today/quinnipiac-and-irelands-great-hunger-museum-of-fairfield-partnership-supports-powerful-exhibit-atlockwood-mathews-mansion-museum-2026-03-18/

Quinnipiac and Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield partnership supports powerful exhibit at Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum March 18, 2026 Share this story

03/20/2026

Explore the cotributions of the Irish and Irish American during athe Ameican Revolution.

03/19/2026

Ireland's Great Hunger Musem of Fairfield proudly repesented at the .

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!

03/13/2026

Last night at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, John Foley President of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield spoke to the audence at the Sold Out opening of THE JOURNEY OF HOPE: THE IRISH AMERICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE (on display 3/12 - 5/17 Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum 295 West Ave., Norwalk CT)

History is not just dates and facts.
It is the stories people leave behind for those who come after them.

Artists do this.
Children writing letters for a time capsule do this.
Immigrants who crossed oceans with hope in their pockets did this.

The story of the Irish during the Great Hunger is one of loss, resilience, migration, and the search for dignity.
It is also part of the story of America itself — a nation built, in no small part, by people who arrived with little but belief in the idea that this country could become something better.

That is why we are working so hard to build the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield.
Not just to preserve history, but to preserve human stories — stories that can still teach empathy, connection, and understanding.

One hundred years from now, none of us will be here.
But the stories can be.

03/11/2026

The exhibition promises to be a unique experience as it is displayed throughout the mansion’s Billiards Room/Art Gallery and Servants’ Quarters, an especially fitting setting given that many of the household staff who worked in the mansion during the 19th century were Irish immigrants themselves.

01/14/2026

For anyone interested in an in depth look at emigration from Ireland to America, we highly recommend “Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast” by historians Fin Dwyer and Damian Shiels, two experts in their field. Link below:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transatlantic-an-irish-american-history-podcast/id1764892687