After acquiring a number of possible sources yesterday, I spent the morning following them up at the research facility. I contacted the researcher in NUI Galway, as their current project is focusing on the archaeology of the famine in North Clare, specifically the famine villages and workhouses around Ballyvaughan. I was also able to analyse the map of the area that I had been given and made an attempt to determine whether or not certain green roads were built during the fami

What stands out most from my last field trip to North Clare is the cycle from Carron to Ballyvaughan. Or rather, the cycle from Ballyvaughan to Carron. I would leave Ballyvaughan, head east along the coast to Bellharbour, and then head inland up to the village of Carron. After cycling around the Burren with heavy camera equipment, the climb from Bellharbour to the research facility in Carron was not the most enjoyable way to end the day. As can be seen from the map below, mos

Back in January I undertook a 3-week field trip to North Clare as part of my ongoing Landscape as Witness project, documenting famine constructions through the use of oral history, aftermath photography, and ethnographic research. Although the field trip was a success, I quickly realised that 3 weeks was nowhere near enough time to collect all the data I needed. A few months later I received funding from the Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust to undertake another field trip

Welcome to the first blog post as part of my on-going project, Landscape as Witness. This project aims to document the constructions that were built as part of the Public Works Schemes during the Great Famine (1845-52) in Ireland. This will be done through a combination of photography, oral history, mapping, as well as ethnographic research, and will be centring around North Clare in Ireland. This blog will act as a documentation of the research process, a place where I can j