Newry holds Annual Famine Commemoration

The annual Famine Commemoration is taking place this afternoon in Newry, Co Down.

Newry holds Annual Famine Commemoration

The annual Famine Commemoration is taking place this afternoon in Newry, Co Down.

The event, at the Albert Basin in the town, honours the estimated one million Irish people who died during the Great Famine of the 1840's.

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