Irish Famine Remembrance Ceremony
2022-07-24

Irish Famine Remembrance Ceremony
Ottawa
Honouring the memory of those who tended to the thousands
of Irish Famine refugees who arrived in Bytown/Ottawa in 1847.
Commemorating those who died and who rest here.
Location: Macdonald Gardens,
Cobourg Street, Ottawa
Thursday August 4, 2022
11:00 am
Opening music: Kevin Dooley
Words of welcome: Mayor Jim Watson
Prayers: Fr. Eugene King, OMI
Sister Rachelle Watier, SCO
Anglican representative
Irish hymn: Rev. Tim Kehoe
Remarks:
Dr. Eamonn McKee
Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
Prof. Mark McGowan
Michael McBane, Historian
Closing music: Kevin Dooley
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