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Irish Hunger Memorial is unveiled

2002 CE · United States, North America · Culture

Irish Hunger Memorial is unveiled
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The Irish Hunger Memorial is a 0. 5-acre (0. 20 ha) park at the corner of Vesey Street and North End Avenue in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The memorial is dedicated to raising awareness of the Great Irish Hunger, referred to as An Gorta Mór in Irish, in which over one million starved to death between 1845 and 1852.

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