These sculptures are in a tiny park down by Lake Ontario. It was built to commemorate the thousands of Irish who arrived here in 1847 to escape the potato famine in Ireland. It is quite a moving place as many of them arrived ill and died soon after.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Ireland Park
These sculptures are in a tiny park down by Lake Ontario. It was built to commemorate the thousands of Irish who arrived here in 1847 to escape the potato famine in Ireland. It is quite a moving place as many of them arrived ill and died soon after.
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