Patrick McSweeney played the uilleann pipes beside the Irish Cemetery on Grosse Île during the 175th com- memoration of”Black ‘47,” the worst summer of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Irish community marks 175 years since Black ’47 on Grosse-Ile Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com From destitution and starvation, to coffin ships and salvation, the Irish survived the Great Potato Famine of…
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