National Famine Way

The National Famine Way™ is a 165km way marked walking and cycling trail commemorating a heart-breaking walk of forced emigration which took place in 1847 at the height of the Irish famine. It begins at the memorial glass wall at National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park in Roscommon and continues through six counties to EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin’s Docklands. The route is marked by more than 30 pairs of bronze children’s shoes. The trail is graded as “easy”, meaning the surfaces are consistent and generally even suiting both walkers and cyclists. The average gradients are low as it follows a level canal towpath for much of the route and it gains just 40m between the start and end points – this link gives an overall view of the gradients. The National Famine Way™ is a dog friendly route.