Bh\u00ed Cuimhneach\u00e1n Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir do 2017 ar si\u00fal in Ireland Park Toronto D\u00e9 M\u00e1irt, an 24 Deireadh F\u00f3mhair. Ba \u00e9 an imeacht in Ireland Park, \u00e1it a ndearnadh deich mbliana ar oscailt a cheili\u00faradh n\u00edos luaithe i mbliana, an ch\u00e9ad imeacht com\u00f3rtha thar lear eagraithe ag Coiste Cuimhneach\u00e1in N\u00e1isi\u00fanta an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir in on\u00f3ir agus i gcuimhne orthu si\u00fad a chuaigh ar imirce agus a thug faoin bhfarraige le linn an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir.<\/p>\n
D\u00fairt an tAire St\u00e1it Patrick O\u2019Donovan T.D., a rinne ionada\u00edocht don Rialtas thar ceann Chathaoirleach Choiste Cuimhneach\u00e1in N\u00e1isi\u00fanta an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir, an tAire Cult\u00fair, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, Heather Humphreys T.D.:<\/p>\n
\u201cT\u00e1 s\u00e9 thar a bheith cu\u00ed go bhfuil muid ag filleadh ar Ireland Park in Toronto 170 bliain i ndiaidh na bliana is measa den Ghorta, 47 an Bhr\u00f3in, leis na daoine go l\u00e9ir a d\u2019fhulaing agus a d\u2019\u00e9ag le linn na tr\u00e9imhse uafasa\u00ed sin a thabhairt chun cuimhne, go h\u00e1irithe iad si\u00fad go l\u00e9ir, os cionn 110,000 duine, a thug faoin turas cont\u00fairteach go Ceanada as \u00c9irinn an bhliain sin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cN\u00ed ligfidh muintir na h\u00c9ireann an tr\u00e1th millteanach sin d\u00e1r stair i ndearmad go deo, agus n\u00ed dh\u00e9anfaidh muid dearmad ach oiread den fh\u00e1ilte fhlaithi\u00fail a chuir muintir na cathrach agus na t\u00edre seo romhainn, go h\u00e1irithe an cairdeas agus an c\u00fanamh a thug muintir Toronto do na sluaite dobr\u00f3nacha dubhacha a th\u00e1inig chun na t\u00edre.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n While in Toronto Minister O\u2019Donovan also visited the site of the new George Robert Grasset Park which is being developed by the Ireland Park Foundation. The park which is located on the site of the Emigrant hospital will commemorate the sacrifice of many remarkable individuals who died while tending to the sick and dying Irish migrants in Toronto during the summer of 1847. Dr, Grassett himself died at age 36 in July, 1847 of fever contracted while treating victims of the Famine.<\/p>\n Upon his death the Montreal Witness reported that:<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Grasset of Toronto, of whose benevolent efforts the papers speak most highly, has fallen a martyr to the duties as immigrant physician there. He died of the fever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Is \u00e9 seo an tr\u00ed\u00fa Com\u00f3radh Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta ar an nGorta M\u00f3r i gCeanada. Is \u00e9 seo an tr\u00ed\u00fa Com\u00f3radh Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta ar an nGorta M\u00f3r i gCeanada. Rinne Cathair Toronto an ch\u00e9ad chuimhneach\u00e1n a \u00f3st\u00e1il in 2009 agus rinne St, John New Brunswick an cuimhneach\u00e1n i 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" D\u00e9anann an tAire St\u00e1it O\u2019Donovan ionada\u00edocht thar ceann an Rialtais ag Com\u00f3radh Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir 2017, P\u00e1irc na h\u00c9ireann, Toronto Bh\u00ed Cuimhneach\u00e1n Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir do 2017 ar si\u00fal in Ireland Park Toronto D\u00e9 M\u00e1irt, an 24 Deireadh F\u00f3mhair. Ba \u00e9 an imeacht in Ireland Park, \u00e1it a ndearnadh deich mbliana ar oscailt… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comoradh-idirnaisiunta-an-ghorta-mhoir","category-uncategorized-ga"],"yoast_head":"\n