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# Famine Memorial

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Harry and Meghan to visit Famine Memorial as part of Dublin visit

The pair are expected in Dublin on 10 July.

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Jun 26th 2018, 2:23 PM

PHOTOS: Tracing the footsteps of one of the Great Famine's darkest chapters

In May 1847, 1,490 people from Strokestown, Co Roscommon set out for Canada. Less than half of them made it there.

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Apr 23rd 2015, 12:18 AM

Great Famine victims remembered at national commemoration

Taoiseach linked Ireland’s ‘generational memory’ about Famine years to the country’s fight against root causes of hunger.

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May 13th 2012, 3:00 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know this morning…

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May 13th 2012, 8:59 AM