President to unveil Famine memorial park

President Mary McAleese is to unveil a major Famine memorial park during an official visit to Canada this month.

Sun, 03 Jun, 2007 - 11:13

President Mary McAleese is to unveil a major Famine memorial park during an official visit to Canada this month.

On June 21 she will perform the opening of "Ireland Park" in Toronto which is dedicated to the memory of 38,000 Irish people who fled to the city from the Famine in 1847.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Famine memorial park Place: Canada Place: Ireland Park Place: Toronto Place: Lake Ontario Place: Dublin Place: Custom House Quay Person: President Mary McAleese Person: Declan Kelly Person: McAleese Person: Rowan Gillespie Organisation: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Organisation: Famine Memorial Organisation: Ireland Fund of Canada Organisation: Toronto City Council Organisation: Enterprise Ireland Organisation: G8

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