The Shamrock
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Oh, I shall look at the site and do something, ta.
Bucket Collection tomorrow for An Gorta Mór memorial - please contribute what you can
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Oh, I shall look at the site and do something, ta.
CELTIC supporters dug deep on Saturday to contribute over £20,000 to help fund the long overdue memorial to the victims of the Great Hunger.
The collections was organised by Coiste Cuimhneachain An Gorta Mór (Great Hunger Memorial Committee) and had the support of Celtic FC, The Celtic Trust and various supporters groups and was widely promoted on Celtic fans media, including The Celtic Star.
The aim is simple – to provide Glasgow with a fitting, and long overdue memorial to the victims of the Great Hunger and with the help of the Celtic support that dream is much closer to becoming reality.
The planned Memorial has been designed by John McCarron and is called the Tower of Silence. Here is an artist’s impression of what it will look like – a striking reminder of the suffering of the Irish people who fled hunger and desperation to make their new home in Glasgow. The Memorial will be located at St Mary’s Church in the Calton.
The collections was organised by Coiste Cuimhneachain An Gorta Mór (Great Hunger Memorial Committee) and had the support of Celtic FC, The Celtic Trust and various supporters groups and was widely promoted on Celtic fans media, including The Celtic Star.
The aim is simple – to provide Glasgow with a fitting, and long overdue memorial to the victims of the Great Hunger and with the help of the Celtic support that dream is much closer to becoming reality.
The planned Memorial has been designed by John McCarron and is called the Tower of Silence. Here is an artist’s impression of what it will look like – a striking reminder of the suffering of the Irish people who fled hunger and desperation to make their new home in Glasgow. The Memorial will be located at St Mary’s Church in the Calton.
Spherical Planet
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They should make you their star of the week, Frank.
They won't mind at all. Your family has done all our families proud.
God blessed us with you and your kin
boab1916
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Frank street to the right were the houses are Forbes drives named after one of the priests who is buried under the chapel to this day one of the 9 buried and emtombed in the crypt whom the plauge got during the famine days.CELTIC supporters dug deep on Saturday to contribute over £20,000 to help fund the long overdue memorial to the victims of the Great Hunger.
The collections was organised by Coiste Cuimhneachain An Gorta Mór (Great Hunger Memorial Committee) and had the support of Celtic FC, The Celtic Trust and various supporters groups and was widely promoted on Celtic fans media, including The Celtic Star.
The aim is simple – to provide Glasgow with a fitting, and long overdue memorial to the victims of the Great Hunger and with the help of the Celtic support that dream is much closer to becoming reality.
The planned Memorial has been designed by John McCarron and is called the Tower of Silence. Here is an artist’s impression of what it will look like – a striking reminder of the suffering of the Irish people who fled hunger and desperation to make their new home in Glasgow. The Memorial will be located at St Mary’s Church in the Calton.
boab1916
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Frank it was us who ponted out the original was not photocopied properly.
They were incredible heroic people...and it's fitting that their descendents and the good people who support us have raised this money not some millionaire...I believe it's so much better that someone who has only a few pence or whatever contributed to this.Its about us as people ,who we are ,where we came from...it's important for generations to come.
boab1916
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As long as they never became millionaires off the back of it, then good luck to them also, a family open to all.
boab1916
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Frank if you are down that way pop in and talk to Father Tom he will happily fill you in he loves talikng about the history. Orr street used to be Rose street thats were we used to take the huns back to after the game for tea, how things have changed, when we became succesful beating them in the first ever old firm game and the last love it.
