top of page
Leaving_by_tracy_sweeney_b (2).jpg

about

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 interprets the Famine visually, allowing artists — both those contemporaneous with the Great Hunger and those working today — to explore the impact of the loss of life, the leeching of the land, and the erosions of language and culture. Through its display of outstanding historical and contemporary images, layers of history are peeled back, to uncover aspects of the Famine indecipherable by other means.

FullImages_00001_kelly_2011.9-a quite place now.jpg

IGHMF needs your support

Ireland's Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield is a work in progress and needs your support to see it to completion. 

You can help IGHMF along this journey by making a donation and by volunteering your time.

​

Please visit the IGHMF Donation Page

IRELAND'S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM OF FAIRFIELD is a tax-exempt federally recognized non-profit organization, organized under Section 501(a)

of the Internal Revenue Code as described under Section 501(c)(3).98

CONTACT INFORMATION

​

PHONE 212-634-8930

IGHMF c/o GAELIC AMERICAN CLUB

74 BEACH ROAD

FAIRFIELD CT 06831

© 2025 IGHMF.org

bottom of page