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International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine in Phoenix, Arizona
J
osepha Madigan T.D., Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, has announced that the 2019 International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine will take place in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, 3rd November. Confirming the arrangements for this year’s event,
Minister Madigan commented: “As Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, I look forward to the remembrance being held in Phoenix, Arizona. This is the fifth time the commemoration has been held in the U.S. and Phoenix is the westernmost venue to date. Previously it has been held in New York, Boston, New Orleans and Philadelphia. I am particularly pleased that the An Gorta Mor, Hunger Memorial in Phoenix, Arizona Commemoration is being held in Phoenix this year as 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Great Hunger Memorial commissioned by the Irish Cultural Center there. This year represents an opportunity to not only recognise the work of the Irish Cultural Center and McClelland Library in Phoenix itself but to honour the memory of those who left Ireland during the Famine, the subsequent years of emigration which saw many Famine Irish and their descendants make an enormous contribution in Western U.S., and the ongoing role of the Irish diaspora and Irish-Americans in Arizona and throughout the Western U.S.” There have been ten international commemorations of the Great Irish Famine to date. Since the inaugural tribute in Toronto and Quebec in 2009, events have also been held in Australia, Canada, and the UK.
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