Judging Famine Follies (29:26) explores how Irish historic houses and heritage sites were created and shaped during the period of the Great Hunger. Ireland’s landlords have been widely vilified for failing to feed their starving tenants, yet monuments to their benevolence adorn the Irish landscape. Judging Famine Follies summons Major Denis Mahon, Lord Brownlow, Lord Dufferin, and Lord and Lady Londonderry to account for their conduct during the Great Hunger and the memorials they left behind. Which of their monuments are merited? You decide.

Judging Famine Follies is hosted by the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park https://strokestownpark.ie/ and the Irish Heritage Trust https://irishheritagetrust.ie/. It was created in collaboration with Newpoint Players and supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs Shared Island Civic Society Fund.