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At a later date, it will include a statue or sculpture that is yet ... a building contractor who is chair of the San Francisco Irish Famine Memorial Committee, expects to have it in hand the ...
Britain will celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day at a time when its national identity is being roiled by immigration ...
A new exhibition on "Indigenous Aid to Ireland during the Great Hunger" has been launched by Ireland's Great Hunger Institute ...
Boston is such a unique place to visit with its great mix of history, city life, walkable neighborhoods, and delicious food. I have lived and visited Boston so often over the years; it still draws ...
A Co Donegal tourist attraction telling the story of the Irish Famine has been partially destroyed in a fire. The blaze was reported on Saturday afternoon at Doagh Famine Village in the ...
Investigations are under way into the cause of a fire that caused significant damage to a tourist “famine village” in Co Donegal. The fire at Doagh Famine Village in north Inishowen broke out ...
Created by renowned Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie and ... know how many people have been affected by this. “These statues were a memorial representing a lot of children, and it’s really ...
In the spring of 1847, during the height of the Great Famine, 1,490 Irish men, women and children were evicted by the British from their homes and forced to travel 103 miles on foot along the ...
Landscape architects J&L Gibbons called the Queen 'the nation’s bedrock', adding: 'It is with bedrock that we have created a bridge over soil, tree roots and water.'Credit: PA The tribute to our ...
The near life-size statue on a raised plinth at the republican memorial garden on Gardenmore ... was an instrumental part of the battle for Irish freedom.” ...