Doagh Famine Village: 'Life is not a bed of roses', referring to all the people, who died during the potato famine in Ireland.
Lagacurry, Doagh Island, Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland: Scene at Doagh Famine Village: 'Life is not a bed of roses', referring to all the people, who died during the potato famine in Ireland. Doagh Famine Village Museum is a recreation of a village at the time of the Great Potato Famine of the 19th century and illustrates how rural life changed in Donegal into the modern era. There are a number of authentic Irish thatched cottages including furniture and other artifacts from the period and figures dressed in authentic costumes. Among the attractions are an Irish wake, hedge school, Catholic mass rock, Orange hall, republican safehouse, Presbyterian meeting house and an exhibition about the Irish traveling community.
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Location: Lagacurry, Doagh Island, Inishowen Peninsula, Co. Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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