Archive for September 19th, 2009

Outdoor Famine Memorial Mass Today at 5

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

The Famine Memorial Mass is at 5:00 today, celebrated by Fr. Jim O’Donnell.  The annual outdoor mass honors the 2 million people who perished or left Ireland during An Gorta Mor (The Great Hunger).   Many came to Cleveland and changed the city forever.  The Famine Stone is a ten-ton granite stone, engraved with a poem […]

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