"Michael Davitt played a major part in Haslingden's Irish History"

- Dr. John Dunleavy

About I.H.I.H.C.

The Irish Heritage In Haslingden Committee(IHIHC) was formed in 2004 by a group of enthusiasts who, having recognised the strong community potential bequeathed to the community by Irish immigrants, decided they would strive to celebrate the fact.

Irish Heritage In Haslingden Committee will organise a series of events to commemorate the legacy bequeathed to Haslingden by Irish migrants since the potato famines of the mid-nineteenth century.

Significantly, 2006 is the centenary of the death of Michael Davitt, an Irish immigrant who lived in Haslingden and later rose to great international fame.