Donegal County Council Library staff hosted a visit from the Polish Ambassador, Anna Sochanskas, as part of the community engagement programme leading to the National Famine Commemoration which took place in Milford on the 21st of May.
Milford Library is currently hosting an exhibition entitled ‘A Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzelecki’s Struggle to Save Thousands’.
The Ambassador visited the library to speak to local school children about the exhibition and on her role in Ireland and what it entails.
The exhibition will be available to view on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the 2nd of June. For further information please contact 074 9153927.
Polish Ambassador Anna Sochanska speaking in Milford Community Library during her visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition detailing the work of Count Paul Strzelecki in Ireland during the famine. Photo Clive Wasson.
Pictured during the visit of Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland during her visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition detailing the work of Count Paul Strzelecki in Ireland during the famine from l-R Anna Kuajwa, Una Mathewson, Laura McNutt, Patsy Lafferty, Director of Housing, Corporate & Cultural Services, Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador, Donal Mandy Kelly, Mayor Letterkenny Milford Municipal District, Donna Cavanagh, Kim Sterritt, Gavin Burke and Kevin McCaul. Photo Clive Wasson.
Cllr. Donal Mandy Kelly, Mayor Letterkenny Milford Municipal District making a presentation to Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland during her visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition detailing the work of Count Paul Strzelecki in Ireland during the famine. Photo Clive Wasson.
Pictured during the visit of Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland during her visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition detailing the work of Count Paul Strzelecki in Ireland during the famine. L-R Donna Cavanagh Senior Executive Librarian, Anna Sochanska Polish Ambassador and Cllr. Donal Mandy Kelly, Mayor Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District Photo Clive Wasson.
Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland admiring her gift of a McNutts of Donegal throw during her visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition with Donal Mandy Kelly, Mayor Letterkenny Milford Municipal District, and Patsy Lafferty, Director of Housing, Corporate & Cultural Services. Photo Clive Wasson.
Polish Ambassador to Ireland Anna Sochanska, speaking to pupils from Kerrykeel National School during her visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition detailing the work of Count Paul Strzelecki in Ireland during the famine. Photo Clive Wasson.
Mayor of Letterkenny Milford Municipal District, Cllr. Donal Mandy Kelly pictured discussing the Strzelecki Exhibtion with Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland during her visit to Milford Library Photo Clive Wasson.
Pupils from Kerrykeel National School pictured with Anna Sochanska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland, Cllr. Donal Mandy Kelly Mayor Letterkenny Milford Disctrict and Council Staff during the Ambassador’s visit to Milford Library to open the Strzelecki Exhibition detailing the work of Count Paul Strzelecki in Ireland during the famine – Photo Clive Wasson.
