Our guest speaker at our  May 19, 2003 meeting was Christine Kinealy, the foremost authority on the Great Hunger. 

Ms. Kinealy also spoke on the history of the Orange Order, a topic she is currently working on.

To read more about Christine Kinealy's work, please visit these sites:

• Historical and Critical Studies - Profile of Professor Kinealy
   
•  Christine Kinealy, The Great Irish Famine Documents

Admission is $40, which includes full bar and a full course dinner and drinks, and is payable at the dinner. All are welcome.

For further information, please contact George Carpenter at 516-741-6266.

The Great Irish Famine		The Hidden Famine		A Disunited Kingdom
To read summaries of these works, click on the above links