Global Irish Famine Way Expands to Acknowledge North American Contributions
The Global Irish Famine Way (GIFW) is expanding its reach to include key locations in North America that received Irish Famine emigrants. This initiative, an extension of Ireland's National Famine Way, aims to commemorate the journeys of Irish Famine emigrants worldwide. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, has been recognized as one such point, with plans to erect a stone monument featuring bronze shoes on the Benevolent Irish Society of PEI (BIS) property. These bronze shoes are replicas of a pair found in Ireland, symbolizing the arduous trek of 1490 tenants from Strokestown, Roscommon, to Dublin in 1847 during the Great Irish Famine. Charlottetown received a 'famine ship,' the Lady Constable, in 1847, which lost 25 passengers to typhus during the crossing and another 30 after arrival. The GIFW is led by Caroilin Callery of the National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park and Irish diplomat Eamonn McKee, who have appointed Professor Mark Mc Gowan of the University of Toronto and Michale Mc Bane, a... 
