Over the last couple of years, Liverpool Irish Festival has been working on revitalising the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail, which includes the Irish Famine Memorial. ❤️??
Today, the Liverpool Great Hunger Commemoration Committee, Conradh Na Gaeilge Learpholl and Liverpool Irish Centre, in partnership with the Festival, lead a Famine Memorial Service to mark the seven-years of An Gorta Mór (the Great Hunger) across Ireland, lasting 1845-1852.
Along with speeches, and a minute’s silence, we’ll reveal a new song, The Ullaloo. commissioned especially for the Irish Famine Memorial and shared with the Liverpool Irish Centre choir, by local musicians Ian Cantwell and Marty Snape.
Everyone is welcome. Nevertheless, please note that this is an outside event, and we may have difficulties with sound if it is rainy or windy. We recommend dressing for the weather and bringing seats or walking aids as needed. This is a standing service of roughly 30-minutes. We won’t have chairs available for everyone. People may gather in advance of the service.
These activities have been made possible with funds from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
For more on the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail, use this link.