Canada marks Great Famine
The Government today called for the catastrophic events of the Great Famine to be properly remembered as a series of engagements got under way in Canada to mark the disaster.
Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Eamon O’Cuiv will unveil a plaque at Grosse Ile near Quebec City to commemorate the 7,000 Irish men, women and children who fled the devastation and were buried there.
