The Famine by Newpoint Players

Here is our video of one of the many fine performance by the Newpoint Players in Warrenpoint last Sunday. Retracing the steps of the people that would have had to leave Warrenpoint in 1847.

We also had a visit from Heather Humphreys, The Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage and The Gaeltacht, who unveiled the new memorial to the people who fled Ireland on The Lady Caroline bound for New Brunswick, Canada. Check out the video of the opening HERE

The Newpoint Players give all the people in attendance a sense of what it really was like for the people who faced a stark choice of whether to stay or leave.

Well done to all the perfomers.