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The Irish Hunger Memorial

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, July 16, New York Governor Pataki led a dedication ceremony for The Irish Hunger Memorial at Battery Park City. The memorial was designed by Brian Tolle, who visited the deserted Achill Island Village of Slievemore before submitting his plan, which includes a ruined cottage, deserted potato furrows, uncultivated land and a high wall of alternating layers of stone … [Read more...] about The Irish Hunger Memorial

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