Annual Famine Commemoration Ceremony held in Cork today
The President and Tánaiste are in Cork today to officiate at the annual Famine Commemoration Ceremony being held at UCC this afternoon.
President Michael D. Higgins will visit An Bothán, a replica of a 4th class dwelling from 1841, reflecting the poor and all too common living conditions of the time.
Tánaiste Simon Coveney, will launch the Great Irish Famine Online which charts changes in the social, political and economic landscape of pre and post Famine Ireland.
Today's formal State ceremony will include military honours and a wreath laying ceremony by Ambassadors to Ireland in remembrance of all those who suffered or perished during the Famine.
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