Paweł Strzelecki
(1797-1873)

Died aged 76

Commemorated on 1 plaque

The Polish world traveller and explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (1797-1873) lived and worked on Sackville Street. He was born in Gluszyna near Poznan. Sensitive to human misery, he came to the aid of the Irish people in the years 1847-1849 during the Great Famine (1845-1849). He is buried in the Church of St Adalbert in Poznan.

English translation: The Polish world traveller and explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (1797-1873) lived and worked on Sackville Street. He was born in Gluszyna near Poznan. Sensitive to human misery, he came to the aid of the Irish people in the years 1847-1849 during the Great Famine (1845-1849). He is buried in the Church of St Adalbert in Poznan.

Sackville Place, Dublin, Ireland where they lived and worked