List of Memorials To The Great Famine

List Of Memorials To The Great Famine

The Great Famine of Ireland is memorialized in many locations throughout Ireland, especially in those regions that suffered the greatest losses, and also in cities overseas with large populations descended from Irish immigrants.

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