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Honoring Irish refugees who died on Deer Island
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May 18, 2008
During the Great Hunger in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, more than a million people died of starvation and related diseases, and more than 2 million emigrated to the United States, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere. Many weakened by disease died on ships en route to their destination. In 1848 and 18...
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