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Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 during Irish Famine remembered in new exhibit
Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 during Irish Famine remembered in new exhibit
Michael Dorgan
@M_Dorgan
May 17, 2019
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Paul Strzelecki, a Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 children during the Great Irish Famine is being honored in a new exhibition in Dublin.WIKIPEDIA
The life of Paul Strzelecki, a Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 children during the Great Irish Famine is being honored in a new exhibition in Dublin.
Described as āone of the great humanitarians of the nineteenth century,ā the exhibition by the Polish Embassy in Dublin explores Strzeleckiās fascinating life and unique contribution helping starving Irish people during the Great Famine.
Read More: Irelandās potatoes save millions from famine and drought in Ethiopia
Running until the end of August, āA Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzeleckiās Struggle to Save Thousands," contains content by experts in the field, along with rarely-seen images of the Famine relief efforts from collections in Ireland, Britain, Australia and the United States.
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āA Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzeleckiās Struggle to Save Thousands.āImage: YouTube
Born in 1797 near PoznaÅ, western Poland, Strzelecki spent the 1830s traveling the world, including Australia, collecting specimens in his professional capacity as a geologist.
In 1839 he set out on an expedition into the Australian Alps and explored the Snowy Mountains. The following year he climbed the highest peak on mainland Australia and named it Mount Kosciuszko, to honor Tadeusz KoÅciuszko, one of the national heroes of Poland and a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
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Strzelecki then moved to England and by 1845 had become a naturalized British subject.
That year the Great Irish Famine struck after the potato crop failed due to potato blight, a disease that destroyed the potato plants. With a large part of the Irish population reliant on potatoes for food, many families were left starving, contributing to the death of one million people.
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In January 1847, a group of English banking leaders combined to raise funds for famine relief via a private charity named the āBritish Relief Associationā and entrusted Strzelecki to dispense them.
Throughout that year, Strzelecki worked mainly in the northwestern counties of Sligo, Donegal, and Mayo, reporting conditions worse than he could have imagined, beyond all āexaggeration and misrepresentation."
Read More: Quinnipiac's Ireland's Great Hunger Institute hosts charity famine walk
1847 is often referred to as āBlack 47ā for being the deadliest year of the Great Irish famine of 1845-1949.
To help starving children, Strzelecki decided the best way to feed them rye bread through daily food rations in schools.
At the schemeās height, it is estimated up to 200,000 children had benefitted, and without that help, many of them would have died.
Although contracting famine fever he continued his work even as funds diminished and also helped impoverished Irish families to seek new lives in Australia.
In recent years, he has had plaques erected in his honor in Dublin and Clifden.
The exhibition was officially opened last week by Irelandās President Michael D. Higgins who noted Strzeleckiās contribution to helping the victims of the famine.
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The exhibition was officially opened last week by Irelandās President Michael D. Higgins. Image: Getty
āWe are recognizing a special friend of the Irish, Paul Strzelecki, one of the great Polish humanitarians of the nineteenth century,ā he said.
Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 during Irish Famine remembered in new exhibit
Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 during Irish Famine remembered in new exhibit
Michael Dorgan
@M_Dorgan
May 17, 2019
10SHARES
/
Paul Strzelecki, a Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 children during the Great Irish Famine is being honored in a new exhibition in Dublin.WIKIPEDIA
The life of Paul Strzelecki, a Polish explorer who saved over 200,000 children during the Great Irish Famine is being honored in a new exhibition in Dublin.
Described as āone of the great humanitarians of the nineteenth century,ā the exhibition by the Polish Embassy in Dublin explores Strzeleckiās fascinating life and unique contribution helping starving Irish people during the Great Famine.
Read More: Irelandās potatoes save millions from famine and drought in Ethiopia
Running until the end of August, āA Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzeleckiās Struggle to Save Thousands," contains content by experts in the field, along with rarely-seen images of the Famine relief efforts from collections in Ireland, Britain, Australia and the United States.
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āA Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzeleckiās Struggle to Save Thousands.āImage: YouTube
Born in 1797 near PoznaÅ, western Poland, Strzelecki spent the 1830s traveling the world, including Australia, collecting specimens in his professional capacity as a geologist.
In 1839 he set out on an expedition into the Australian Alps and explored the Snowy Mountains. The following year he climbed the highest peak on mainland Australia and named it Mount Kosciuszko, to honor Tadeusz KoÅciuszko, one of the national heroes of Poland and a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
ADVERTISING
Read More: Must-see Dublin exhibition captures the history of the Irish Famine
Strzelecki then moved to England and by 1845 had become a naturalized British subject.
That year the Great Irish Famine struck after the potato crop failed due to potato blight, a disease that destroyed the potato plants. With a large part of the Irish population reliant on potatoes for food, many families were left starving, contributing to the death of one million people.
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In January 1847, a group of English banking leaders combined to raise funds for famine relief via a private charity named the āBritish Relief Associationā and entrusted Strzelecki to dispense them.
Throughout that year, Strzelecki worked mainly in the northwestern counties of Sligo, Donegal, and Mayo, reporting conditions worse than he could have imagined, beyond all āexaggeration and misrepresentation."
Read More: Quinnipiac's Ireland's Great Hunger Institute hosts charity famine walk
1847 is often referred to as āBlack 47ā for being the deadliest year of the Great Irish famine of 1845-1949.
To help starving children, Strzelecki decided the best way to feed them rye bread through daily food rations in schools.
At the schemeās height, it is estimated up to 200,000 children had benefitted, and without that help, many of them would have died.
Although contracting famine fever he continued his work even as funds diminished and also helped impoverished Irish families to seek new lives in Australia.
In recent years, he has had plaques erected in his honor in Dublin and Clifden.
The exhibition was officially opened last week by Irelandās President Michael D. Higgins who noted Strzeleckiās contribution to helping the victims of the famine.
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The exhibition was officially opened last week by Irelandās President Michael D. Higgins. Image: Getty
āWe are recognizing a special friend of the Irish, Paul Strzelecki, one of the great Polish humanitarians of the nineteenth century,ā he said.
