Famine Warhouse 1848

Famine Warhouse 1848, traditionally known as the Ballingarry Warhouse or The Widow McCormack's House, is an Irish farmhouse famous as the site of a skirmish in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 (Ireland's contribution to the Springtime of the Peoples), at which the Irish tricolour was flown for the first time.[1][2]

Famine Warhouse 1848
Teach Cogaidh Bhaile na Gharraí
Engraving from Michael Doheny's The Felon's Track (1849)
Alternative namesBallingarry Warhouse
The Widow Margaret McCormack's House
General information
StatusMuseum
TypeFarmhouse
Architectural styleVernacular
LocationFarranrory Upper
Town or cityBallingarry
CountryIreland
Coordinates52.619273°N 7.522898°W / 52.619273; -7.522898
Elevation292 m (958 ft)
Technical details
MaterialStone, slate
Floor count2
Designations
Official nameBallingarry Warhouse
DesignatedApril 1989
Reference no.659
Known forBattle site

Located 3.9 km (2.4 mi) north-northeast of Ballingarry, South Tipperary, the house was owned at the time of the battle by Margaret McCormack, the widow of Thomas McCormack. Rebels led by William Smith O'Brien besieged 47 policemen of the Irish Constabulary. After the loss of two men the rebels retreated, and were later arrested and transported.[3]

Known locally as the Warhouse, it became a National Monument in 1989, was renovated in 2000–01 and was renamed "Famine Warhouse 1848" in 2004. Today it houses a museum with exhibits on the Great Famine and mass emigration, the rebellion, the high treason trials and exile of the Young Ireland leaders in Australia and their escapes to the US.

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