Minister to visit Australia to commemorate famine victims

Minister Jimmy Deenihan will travel to Sydney, Australia to lead the ceremonies for the 2013 International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine.

Minister to visit Australia to commemorate famine victims

Minister Jimmy Deenihan is to travel to Sydney, Australia to lead the ceremonies for the 2013 International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine.

The main event will take place in Hyde Park Barracks on Sunday, when he will meet the descendants of Irish orphan girls who travelled to Australia during the famine.

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